Another action-packed weekend in Normal. Sam and Danny's TaeKwonDo teacher had set up his place for an elaborate Harry Potter party for his daughter and her girlfriends last weekend. This weekend he had people over for a magic-themed party. Joseph was Dumbledore.
Sam was some kind of evil wizard, although he has taken off his robes to challenge Katana to a duel over who can sit in front of the hot fireplace longer.
I was a mathemagician. Here I am inverting someone's matrix.
Danny was the CheeseWizard.
Sunday we went to the pool on campus for Faculty/Staff Family swim. The kids had a great time, although Joseph still can't swim on his own and is resistant to try.
I baked foccacio. (I could swear that I baked two of them. Hmm...)
And of course, every time we go swimming, Joseph gets sick. After we got back from the pool, Joseph's face was bright red and he was acting squirrely. We deduced that he had 5th disease. (See--that giant pile of parenthood preparedness books that I read 10 years ago when I was pregnant with Sam did come in handy!)
Monday, Joseph had no school, but we had to take him to his school with us for a parent-teacher meeting. By the time the red-cheeked "slapped" look starts, the 5th disease virus has run its course and is no longer contagious. But to avoid suspicion at school until we could get a doctor's note, we told Joseph that his red face was an allergic reaction to the Dumbledore beard. When he was asked about his face, Joseph said: "I had a surgery on my face from my Dumbledore beard," which was kind of cute and inexplicable until we explained that he meant "allergy" not "surgery."
3 comments:
ahhhhh 5ths disease, that swept Organic Sprouts Daycare two weeks ago. Ahhhh parenthood.
I need assistance from the Mathemagician on analyzing my thesis data. Does she charge?
Great costumes!
I know that article said that 5ths disease is a different kind of Parvo than dogs get, but I thought I'd share that my child also had Parvo when she was young. Ahhhh parenthood.
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