Scarlet Fever

Yes, it still exists and Clementine has it. It turns out that Scarlet Fever is just strep throat with a rash. Who knew? Well, I guess doctors knew, but I didn't.

Luckily we live in the age of penicillin and it turns out to be easy to treat. Unfortunately her rash looks terrible and it is super itchy, so we have to keep telling her not to scratch it and she pretty much ignores us. We have tried benadryl and cortaid which help only a tiny bit. Today we are trying calamine and aloe vera. Hopefully it will just go away quickly, because we only have so many leggings and pants in her wardrobe!

Here she is sitting on the floor watching "Annie" (again).

Annie

Did you ever have a favorite movie while you were growing up? One that you watched over and over and over and never ever wanted the movie to end? Me too. I can remember several that I loved to watch and one of them was "Annie".

Well, low and behold, it is (at this point in time) Clementine's favorite movie! She LOVES watching it, singing to it, singing the songs when it is not on, asking us to sing the songs, etc... Her favorite song, of course, is "Tomorrow" and she has a good portion of it down. Yes, she can't say all the words yet, but is working very hard on that. I have pretty much every song memorized and can entertain her for quite a while if we are out and about and don't have the movie available. And despite seeing it about 9 thousand times already, I still enjoy watching it. Maybe I'm really just enjoying watching Clementine watch it and see how happy she is, but either way it brings a smile to my face when she says, "Watch, Annie!".

And on that note:
Hey, Dapper Dan, Hey, Hobo Man
You've both got your style
But, brother you're never fully dressed
Without a SMILE!!!

Long overdue update & a sick little girl

Everything has been going along pretty well. We have unpacked almost every room in the new house and started putting up pictures, etc... Clementine had a great time visiting grandparents this last weekend and got to stay all day with Grandma Shirley while Chris & I went up to Georgetown to check on the 4-plex. Grandma said she was an angel all day!

We picked up a new (used) breakfast table with chairs and a couch Grandma gave us. The table fits perfect in the breakfast area and the couch is already a favorite place for everyone to curl up on with a blanket.

We had planned a big trip to the coast with some friends and have been working overtime to get the house in order for their visit, then on Tuesday Clementine got a fever and a rash. It has been pretty persistent since then with her temperature getting as high as 103.6. So we took her to the doctor this afternoon and found out she has strep throat and an ear infection in each ear. So, sadly no coast visit for us. :( And we are hoping that we don't get sick ourselves. She has been very generous with her kisses since getting sick.

Chris & Clementine were working on cleaning up her room today and she crawled into her giant pile of stuffed animals and covered herself up!