Feverish Again!!
Thursday, November 1, 2007 by Amy
What in the heck is up with Riley? She is feverish again today (she has been very mildly feverish for a couple of days now) starting last night (hooray for a horrible night's sleep!). I'm just so sick of it. My girl who used to have a rock-solid immune system is getting sick so often now. I don't get it. Her nutrition has never been better, hardly any processed foods anymore (unless we can't help it--I don't know how to stew tomatoes, so I buy canned stewed tomatoes, you know what I mean?) and excessive sweets have been virtually eliminated. I know that it's probably a result of the changing weather, or more likely the weather that refused to stay changed. Cold one day, warm the next, then snow, then warm.
I feel like a complete nerd, but a woman in West Side Moms lent me her copy of...oh poo, forgot the name of it...looking on Amazon right now...anyway, it has recipes for infusions for common childhood ailments. Although anxiety isn't one of them, I thought I'd try to make a tea to support her immune system. She's such a tea connoisseur, I thought it would be fun to create our own. Anyway, I'll try to make it to the apothecary within the next few days to get my weird herbs that probably taste like dookie...
Oh, yeah, yesterday was Halloween! Didn't take any pictures because I suck. Riley wore her costume from last year, saying that her witch costume was itchy, and Avery refused to wear hers at all. I still have to download the pictures from the Coffin Races, but can't find any stinkin' batteries. Riley had a blast, though, and Avery tagged along, not really trick-or-treating, just thrilled to be outside in the pitch darkness. Riley had a UNICEF box from school to collect change in. When she received the box a few days ago, she declared to me "I have so much work to do! I have to ask the grown-ups for money for the CHILDREN! And then we give the money to Stephanie and she sends it to the CHILDREN!" Sometimes she can be so serious. But as we were walking up one sidewalk, Riley and Avery both tripped on a giant crack in the sidewalk and Riley fell onto her UNICEF box and it exploded and all her change went flying everywhere. Because their porch light wasn't on, we could only recover 5 pennies. Riley was heartbroken, and Rudi felt so bad for her that he put his book change in her box. Anyone who knows Rudi knows how sacred his book money is...
Riley and Avery easily chose five pieces of candy to keep and put he rest out for the Switch Witch. They both were thrilled with their books and stuffed animals that the Switch Witch left for them. Avery got The Belly-Button Book by Sandra Boynton, which is rather a classic. Riley got The Faerie's Gift, which I was very pleased with. I didn't read it before I bought it for her, I just judged it by its cover. There, I admit it. Avery got a stuffed pig, and Riley got a stuffed guinea pig that looks a lot like Rosie. Riley always complains that she wants to bring Rosie along with us wherever she goes, so now she can, in a way.
Oh, I still can't find the name of that book, and I can't find the book either. Oh, great...
I feel like a complete nerd, but a woman in West Side Moms lent me her copy of...oh poo, forgot the name of it...looking on Amazon right now...anyway, it has recipes for infusions for common childhood ailments. Although anxiety isn't one of them, I thought I'd try to make a tea to support her immune system. She's such a tea connoisseur, I thought it would be fun to create our own. Anyway, I'll try to make it to the apothecary within the next few days to get my weird herbs that probably taste like dookie...
Oh, yeah, yesterday was Halloween! Didn't take any pictures because I suck. Riley wore her costume from last year, saying that her witch costume was itchy, and Avery refused to wear hers at all. I still have to download the pictures from the Coffin Races, but can't find any stinkin' batteries. Riley had a blast, though, and Avery tagged along, not really trick-or-treating, just thrilled to be outside in the pitch darkness. Riley had a UNICEF box from school to collect change in. When she received the box a few days ago, she declared to me "I have so much work to do! I have to ask the grown-ups for money for the CHILDREN! And then we give the money to Stephanie and she sends it to the CHILDREN!" Sometimes she can be so serious. But as we were walking up one sidewalk, Riley and Avery both tripped on a giant crack in the sidewalk and Riley fell onto her UNICEF box and it exploded and all her change went flying everywhere. Because their porch light wasn't on, we could only recover 5 pennies. Riley was heartbroken, and Rudi felt so bad for her that he put his book change in her box. Anyone who knows Rudi knows how sacred his book money is...
Riley and Avery easily chose five pieces of candy to keep and put he rest out for the Switch Witch. They both were thrilled with their books and stuffed animals that the Switch Witch left for them. Avery got The Belly-Button Book by Sandra Boynton, which is rather a classic. Riley got The Faerie's Gift, which I was very pleased with. I didn't read it before I bought it for her, I just judged it by its cover. There, I admit it. Avery got a stuffed pig, and Riley got a stuffed guinea pig that looks a lot like Rosie. Riley always complains that she wants to bring Rosie along with us wherever she goes, so now she can, in a way.
Oh, I still can't find the name of that book, and I can't find the book either. Oh, great...
