All We Want for Christmas Is...

...health.

We've recently been reminded of the downsides of winter.  Namely, sickness followed by contagion among young children.

Our house has been sick for over two weeks.  It began with a typical cold virus, which quickly cycled through 4 of us (Eli was spared).  Just when we thought it was behind us, Caleb woke up with eye goop one morning.  It quickly got worse and it became clear our house had been hit with conjunctivitis.  It wasted little time in spreading from kid #1 to kid #2, then swiftly moved to kid #3.

So we've been in lockdown mode, quarantining our boys from all contact with the outside world and washing hands and clothes and bedsheets like it's our job (because it is).

But such is life in winter in the Midwest!

I'd like to point out what troopers our boys have been.  It's not easy getting through a day when your eyes are squirting goop like there's nothing better to do.  But I gotta say, these boys have handled their woes like champs!  This may not look like the face of a champ, but I can vouch that it is:

Throughout all the sickness, they have kept their eyes on Christmas (sometimes literally as we've let these kiddos watch a ton of TV/Christmas movies to keep them distracted from all the blech).  They know that Christmas is coming, which is strengthening their resolve to beat these viruses.  We think the worst is behind us now (fingers crossed!), so we're hoping and praying for complete health for Christmas this year.