Celebrating Margaret's Second Birthday

Today makes thirteen days of Norovirus sweeping through our family. It hit John and Margaret worst of all and, thankfully, has thus far spared Joseph (2 months old). The last "incidents" were yesterday afternoon and midnight so we are not out of the woods yet: the children are still on Zofran. Today John is showing some pep after at least four days of laying in his bed staring quietly, feeling too yucky even to listen to a story. He got dressed in daytime clothing today and remained downstairs: big improvement!

So we decided to celebrate Margaret's second birthday in a very small way. Margaret was excited to learn that it was her birthday! (Grandmom and Pop-Pops will be pleased to hear that immediately Margaret began jumping for joy that "Grandmom and Pop-Pops coming!" because those grandparents always and faithfully come for birthdays. We had to explain to her that they couldn't come this time because of our sickie germs.)

Margaret had a lovely time at her party but I noticed that every picture reveals brows furrowed in concerned observation. That expression reminds me so much of myself as a child!

Note the exultant expressions of John and Mary upon seeing a new package of Magformers.

Paddington!

A ladybug backpack! Now Margaret has her very own "pack" like big brother and sister.

Having a wardrobe malfunction with her party hat

For dessert I served sorbet whose ingredients are water, cane sugar, and pectin--which I figured couldn't hurt recovering tummies too much. (No dairy!) Pray I made the right call.

Party games consisted of playing with the new Magformers--and fighting over them and throwing tantrums!

 

John is clothed here and my viewers don't know his body like we do, but he's lost 10% of his body weight so far. Perhaps you can see that in these photos because we sure can. It's so alarming! But we've been to Urgent Care plus spoken by phone to the doctors twice and John does seem to be hydrated, which is what is critical.