Rough Week

We're off to a rough start this week. 

It started this weekend with Annika's triathlon - her first triathlon!

She did a great job except that she missed the second loop on her bike ride.  A race official suggested that we not saying anything to Annika and just let her have her day.  

Well, that was all well and good until the results were posted and Annika came in first.

So I sat Annika down and explained why we would need to pull her out of the race. Annika was very disappointed.

The next day she was climbing a tree and a branch broke, causing her to fall.  My dad guess-timated that she fell about 12 feet.  Luckily her injuries were nothing worse than scraped up arms, knees and back.

Meanwhile, she'd had a tick on her head that Dwight pulled off.  The site got infected and started to weep - which was not a pleasant thing to have happening on your scalp.  So we took her to the doctor and got her started on antibiotics for that.

When we got back, we picked up Kardynn, who'd been with friends, and discovered that she had a 102 degree temperature.  The next day Kiersten succumbed as well with her temperature spiking as high as 103.7 (under the arm).  It was obvious that Kiersten wasn't feeling good.

But as soon as the fever reducer would kick in for Kardynn, she was bounding around like usual.

So we spent the day hanging around the house.  I moved around furniture in the basement, helped Oskar make banana bread and canned some soup. Today my tummy feels a little topsy turvy but hopefully it doesn't amount to anything and everyone manages to stay healthy for the rest of the week!