Today was a day that both strawberries and raspberries came out at our house. Taylor was sick last weekend with a fever and slight sore throat which went away on Monday. So of course, I sent him to school Tues and Thurs (a mistake as you'll see but hindsight is always 20/20, right?) Autumn then came down with the same symptoms on Wednesday. Thursday afternoon Zach brought Taylor home saying that his teacher thought he had chicken pox. Weird because he's had the vaccine but these things do happen and he did have a couple spots on his face and a couple on his right hand and wrist. We thought, well let's see what he looks like in the morning and then we'll have to send out the dreaded chicken pox exposure note. Last night, Autumn developed a "sandy papery" rash with those of you with kids might recognize as the "strep rash". This morning, Taylor was jumping around as usual but complained about his tongue. Sure enough it is a beautiful example of a "strawberry tongue". The picture doesn't really do it justice, but it is pretty cool, it looks like a strawberry, red with little whitish bumps. Another telltale sign of strep (scarlett fever). Sorry about exposing our whole school to strep, but at least its not chicken pox, right! :)
On a more fun fruit note, Mya is starting to do "raspberries". Being as she is so much more vocal than any of our other kids and wakes up in the middle of the night just chattering it does not surprise me at all that she has found this new, fun way to use her tongue and make noise. She is simply adorable!
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oh my. elly and I have strep too! and eden had impetigo last week. wow. life with kids is fun.
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