A Chicken Poxed Our Girls!

Last week while we were still snowed in something crazy happened....a chicken came to our house and poxed our girls. I don't know how this chicken got in our house or who shared this chicken with us but none the less it got our girls.

Wednesday night Chris was getting ready to give the girls a bath when he called me to come look at something. Bree had little red bumps all over her back and tummy. She was on an antibiotic for an ear infection so I thought maybe it was from that but as Katie was getting ready for bath we noticed that she also had a few matching red bumps. Both of them said they didn't itch so we weren't exactly sure if it could be chickenpox's.

Well, the next morning Bree had even more and so did Katie. Katie started to complain about hers itching. I was mentally preparing myself for how bad this could get with two little girls all itching and trying to keep them from scratching. As always God is good to me and them. Neither of the girls had any of the symptoms that normally come along like fever, soar throat, headaches, etc. Both of them felt fine except Katie had one bad night of them itching and we used a half a bottle of calamine lotion to help stop the itch, but Bree never even mentioned hers itched.

Since I wasn't quite sure when they stop being contagious I kept the girls home for the next 5 days just to be on the safe side. As you can see the cabin fever of being inside lots from the snow and then having to stay home because of the chickenpox's....they were going a little crazy


The girls normally don't spend entire days together since Katie is in school and Bree goes to preschool. So the past couple of weeks have been an adjustment for them as I believe they finally just got on each others nerves. So the last couple of days of staying home I had one play in one room and the other play in another just to give them a break from each other and for my sanity.

Bree played in my office lots this day and watched some movies. She was getting lots of good use out of her Dora house.

Katie was spending her time watching shows and movies on netflix. Netflix was a lifesaver during this home bound time as well. They have such a variety to pick from that it helped pass some of the time when it seemed like we have done everything possible to entertain.

Both the girls went back to school yesterday and we are back to our normal schedule. Thank you Lord!! They both were so excited as well to go back to school and see their friends. Just in time for their Valentine Day parties too.