How we've kept going in 2 weeks of coughs and colds and headaches:

 Of course, computer time - BrainPop, Zooboomafoo, etc. for interesting enjoyable "lazy" learning

 Fun with a box. They don't look all that sick, eh? Normal moments among all the sick ones did happen.

 Birthday cake building for any number of animals' sudden birthdays.

 Dress up.

And our most ambitious project: we painted all the "white" (unpainted) blocks and then varnished them (well, Mommy varnished after the girls went to bed).  Mommy was impressed with Grace and Jasmin's stick-to-it-iveness in painting. Jasmin especially who stuck it out till we painted all the 70-odd blocks!

And we read. Lots. And slept.  Hopefully we banked enough extra to get us through the busy months of meetings that began this week...

Jasmin didn't make ballet on Saturday. Nor the make-up class on Sunday. Nor school on Monday. Tuesday both girls off to school, but Mommy and Daddy are now sniffling, coughing, and reaching deep for energy to cover the necessities of each day.  Hopefully we will manage a quick recovery as next week begins a really busy month for us - numerous meetings for us to work at, a family trip to Canada (!), and the start of a homeschooling trial term... sounds about right for this family :o)

This week we've had a sick week. This is after the first bout of cough/cold last week.  First Grace was home for a few days with a deep cough and runny nose.  She went through about 4 rolls of tissue in two days! She is itching to go back to school because she needs more people interaction than a working Daddy can give her. Today Jasmin also ended up staying home.  True to form, she is worse off than Grace with a sick tummy and fever also.  Still the two sick girls managed to make a good go of playing all day today!  Tomorrow Grace should be able to be back at school and Jasmin will have the lonelish day. But she does much better at occupying herself. Hopefully she can make ballet on Saturday.

Sunday we had a TeddyBear picnic in the park for Sunday School kick off.  Even the rain that started shortly after we got there didn't stop us from having fun.  Grace really enjoyed the relay races that were played, but Jasmin was content to just watch the loud, somewhat chaotic fun at first! 

Monday I went shopping for some bookshelves to aid organization of our jumbled toy cupboard.  Fairly typically, I came home with a few other things...  REALLY cheap sweet outfits for the girls and a bouncy ball that lights up.  Interestingly, Jasmin is very taken by it - even taking it to bed every night!

 

This week we have discovered a daily hour of "kid paradise."  Now schools are all back in session, our building is teeming with kids.  There seems to be an unspoken appointment to meet on the playground/play area around 4pm every day.  It is an amazing time of free play for Asia, where kids are all too often kept on a tight leash.  Grace is thriving - when we go down, I hardly see her for the whole hour. Jasmin takes a bit longer to find a friend to play with, and often plays by herself, but seems to be enjoying herself just as much.  Mommy is a bit like Jasmin and is taking it slower in connecting with the other moms and nannies - but she enjoys the time outside and the time undisturbed to crochet!