Rocky start for new school year

Well, it's been a rocky start here at the Koivun house.

Last week Wednesday was the first day of school for the girls. Ela missed it because she was running a fever on Tuesday, accompanied by a sore throat.

For Stevie, last week Thursday was a "meet and greet" day at preschool, and Monday was his first actual day of preschool. But... on Sunday, he was running a fever and by 3pm that afternoon, he had a weepy right eye. Yup, green goo and bloodshot eyes... the whole deal. We went to the doctor on Monday - he missed school - and he got drops for his pink eye. Poor little guy missed school today as well, since he wasn't on the drops for 24hours as of this morning. But on the plus side, his fever hasn't returned. So it's been a couple of rough nights in our bed since Saturday, when Stevie first climbed into bed with us because he wasn't feeling well. Koy took to sleeping downstairs these past two nights, since Stevie kicks so much in his sleep. Hopefully, Stevie will be back in school tomorrow and feeling like his usual self!

Luckily, Julia has escaped this round of fevers, sore throats and pink eye... Let's hope her luck holds while Ela and Stevie fight off the rest of their viral infections!

On another topic, I wish the rain would stop. Or at least, that it would really thunderstorm for a couple of hours and then clear up. I'm tired of the humidity, tired of not having any sun peeking thru the clouds. It's WAY too early for Fall's oft-dismal weather. I'm hoping it clears up for the long weekend!

Hope your kickoff-to-school week went better than ours!