Thankful it's Over

Thanksgiving was a little different this year. Monday night Bean started acting strange, whiny and lethargic. Tuesday morning we kept her home from school because she was really sick. A trip to the doctor's office revealed that she probably had the H1N1 flu. They wanted Kate to go to Primary's to test for sure. Knowing that Bean wouldn't comply, Kate asked if treatment would be different if Bean had the swine flu. The answer was no, so Kate skipped the extra headache. Wednesday, Patrick came down with it. Needless to say, taking our kids around their nieces and nephews for Thanksgiving dinner was not an option. So Kate took Samantha and Whitney to Pat's for dinner while I stayed home with the sickly ones. Whitney didn't want to stay at grandma's very long, so she came home, and I was able to sneak over for some reheated turkey, stuffing, spuds, etc.

This is how Patrick spent most of the week.

Since Thanksgiving wasn't a lot of fun for the kids, Kate decided that a gingerbread house would make things better. She was right. They had a great time making it. Usually the kids want to eat all the candy instead of adding it to the house. Since everyone was so sick this year, it wasn't an issue...