Sick & Home Again

We've been home with a sick Bella for another 1.5 days. Thank goodness that I have an understanding employer and it's a new year so I have sick time. Monday night Bella started to have a mild allergic reaction to her antibiotic. We skipped the antibiotic on Tuesday morning and I sent her off to school, but just missing one dose sent her back into a sick tailspin and she was home by noon. She is taking new medicine now and back on the mend, but still felt sick this morning. It's been a pretty decent day here at home. Bella's felt better and better, da mama got the house clean, laundry done, checkbook balanced, etc. The girls have been playing with dollies all afternoon together without fighting or arguing. And tomorrow is Thursday already. Just two more days of work, then a fun Saturday (going to see a movie, then to the annual firehouse spagetti dinner) and then daddy will be home on Sunday. Yeah!

Here is a pic of Bella and Iris playing with the internet site "Star Dolls" last night. Basically this is an electronic version of playing paper dolls, except that one can dress celebrities and/or create their own "star" and buy virtual clothes, etc. Our babysitter Jenna showed Bella the site last weekend and she' s been obsessed with it ever since then. She especially likes an activity that lets her design fabric patterns and clothes. I think we might have a graphic designer on our hands here:
Goofy Ruthie has enjoyed staying home by default for all these days. She sure does have fun at home:

Aunt Ali called this afternoon and asked the girls to be flower girls in her wedding. Of course they both accepted (after asking exactly what a flower girl does) and now they are incorporating wedding play into their dolly imagination game. Aunt Ali and Uncle Matt are looking at a place this weekend for a possible Sept-Oct wedding in the mountains of Vermont. We are very excited about the possibility and will share more with their permission once confirmed!

Thanks to those of you who have passed along advice relative to Bella's recent friend difficulties. I appreciate hearing from all of you, thank you for visiting the site, and encourage you to post comments! That's what a blog is for and we love to share.