Lost voice and lost teeth

Last Monday was freezing again.  I know I keep saying it but it is true.  We never made it above freezing all week.  The little kids who usually come didn't because their mom didn't want to bring them down in the cold.  It was below zero when I took these guys to school.  Lauren did end up going.  She got a blessing Sunday night and didn't have a fever in the morning....but she didn't feel 100 percent.  We just worked on homework in the afternoon. Jared had to fill out an outline for his Australia animal report that he is working on at school.  He picked the frilled neck lizard.  There's not much out there that we found on those crazy guys, but enough for a first grader. We watched a video of one running on hind legs and laughed our heads off. Then realized how crazy they really are and that they are between 2 1/2 and 3 feet tall.

Tuesday Bradley had preschool and Jared finished his outline.  Beside that it was just a normal day...and I guess that is pretty normal.

Wednesday Bradley and Connor and I went to the library and picked Lauren up on the way home. We just picked up around here. Lauren wasn't feeling well...she took a long nap in the afternoon.

Thursday Lauren and Jared had early release.  Lauren took another nap in the afternoon and we just relaxed after getting homework done. Jared came home from school not feeling well and his breathing was constricted. They got to watch cars in the evening.

A little pair of boots I crocheted.  I made these ones and a bigger pair.  We gave these ones away.  Jared assured me he would love something with a black glittery button...and picked it (I would have picked blue) and then once it was sewed on he said it was too girly....The bigger ones for Connor are getting blue.

Friday morning they both said that they felt well enough to go to school.  I went and helped in Jared's class and Bradley and Connor went to a friend's...different than normal since the normal ones called that morning and said they were sick. They were all feeling pretty awful after school.  We just did more hanging out and relaxing.

The video of this is a lot funnier.  They are blowing pieces of hard bread out of their mouths and Connor is cracking up.  He is laughing so hard.

Saturday morning I got up and got ready to go to the Temple, but then decided that I better take Jared into the urgent care since it is a long weekend and they are closed Monday and so if something was really wrong. He could start getting better.  We were lucky and got to see the doctor at the health center that we usually see Dr Wilmore.  He just happened to be the one there. He said he has been seeing lots of flu and strep going around so he checked for both of them.  When the tests came back we found out Jared has both!  No wonder his voice is gone and he feels awful.  Dr Wilmore said he wanted to look in the other guys throats since it was likely they would have it or catch it. So after I took Jared home I took Lauren,  Bradley and Connor back.  Lauren has strep throat too. Bradley and Connor not yet.  Hopefully they don't get it.  Dr Wilmore wrote prescriptions for everyone so if they do get it we can just go get them filled.  The pharmacy at the health center is closed on Saturdays so I had to go get Jared's and Lauren's filled somewhere else.   When I got home from all that then I got to go to the Temple. It was super crowded there.  I had to wait and go on the next session because the one was full.  Then when I was leaving there was a line out the front doors waiting to get in.  I've never seen a line like that to get into the Temple.  These guys were watching Beauty and the Beast when I got home. Alan went to winco in the evening. We did more relaxing here.

Not quite a caribou, but there is a deer there really.

Today Bradley and I were the only ones to go to church. I did singing time and Brad had fun in his sunbeam class. He has been telling me all evening little bits and pieces from his lesson. We played a few games and had dinner.  I hope the two sickies get to feeling better soon and that the rest of don't catch it.  I do think that since we all got flu shots that maybe even if we do get it we aren't getting hit as hard.

Jared's lego tower that is taller than he is.

I'm glad tomorrow is a day off.  It will give us one more day to try and get better. I forgot to mention last week that the tooth fairy got to visit our house twice.  Lauren lost her first two teeth...both on the bottom.  One was on Tuesday and one was on Thursday. She has been enjoying her cute little gap. I'm going to have to get a picture of it soon...before it fills in.