too sick... but not sick enough...

Anyone who has a child knows the power of the sad little sick face... the worry over a fever and the need to know what color snot is coming out of that perfect little nose.

K is sick. Too sick to go to school but not sick enough to lie in bed, watch movies, eat soup and sleep. Sigh. What do you do with a kid that is just sick enough that you don't want to send her to the germ factory for the teachers to deal with so she can spread her germs back to the same little germ spreaders that got her sick in the first place?

Why arts and crafts silly. We spent hours this morning painting sun catchers... one after the other. I narrowly escaped the making of puppets.

As her friends were walking home from school we waved at them from the window... she certainly didn't seem sick, as a friendly neighbor pointed out, and you know what? She sure didn't. But every 5 minutes when she blows her nose or as I deal with the constant sniffling sound and the whine and those bleary little eyes... I know it was best to keep her here.