Puny Girls

Both girls are sick today. We started out with only Little Girl feeling "puny," and she was running a fever of about 100 when we took off for Wal Mart to pick up a few things to get us through 'til Saturday, when Hubby will be home all day. We got back, and the girls, who had both been complaining of feeling lousy at the store, started feeling better. Big Girl took her spelling test for the week (toughest word: diocese), Little Girl started back in on math (place value - she is breezing through it), and I made a light lunch, since neither of them ate all of breakfast.

We sat down to watch Narnia and eat lunch. I figured we were done with school since they were both coughing and feeling crummy. Both girls registered fevers of 100. Nothing to take medicine for, but they are still not up to par today.

Little Girl took two nibbles out of her sandwich, Big Girl had none. I put them both in bags in the fridge for later consumption (I'm nothing if not optimistic), and the girls lay on the couches to watch the rest of the movie. We all kind of drift off, and at the end of the movie, both girls look as if they've been hit by a truck. Plus, now they are both quite flushed.

Over 101. Both of them. Little Girl's actually registered at near 102.

Okay, so they've just had cough syrup, but now out comes the Motrin stuff (well, Wal Mart's version of it). Both get a dose and head off to bed for a good nap. Big Girl woke up about 15 minutes ago, still looking flushed, but it's been an hour and a half since I left her in bed. Little Girl is still out. I've found that while they will both rest well when they are sick, Little Girl likes to really sleep off an illness. When she's feeling puny, she is just completely out of it.

If this isn't better by morning, we won't be going to co-op. Ah, well. Such is life.

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