Sick babies :(

David and Ava have fevers. They started yesterday. I was hoping the virus would have passed by today - nope, still warm. They're so sweet and pathetic! I just love snuggling up in a warm sandwich of sick babies - just content to cuddle and watch repeating episodes of Dora and the Wiggles.

Since I won't be able to take them anywhere again tomorrow (gotta get the virus out of their systems first!), I guess I'm gonna have to come up with some fun indoor activities. We have this book called "The Toddler's Busy Book" (365 Creative Games & Activities to Keep Your 1 1/2 to 3 year old Busy). Some of the suggestions in this book are hilarious!

Last sick day we spent holding orange races - oh yes we did! The book suggested covering oranges in paper towels, drawing faces on the paper towels, and then rolling the oranges down a long hallway as a "race". Okay, the babies did not understand this one at all. They wanted the paper towels off the oranges, they wanted to eat the oranges, they were horrified as I tried to take the oranges away from them and roll them down the hallway screaming "look at it go! - yay!" They weren't buying my enthusiasm.

The hit was moving kitchen chairs into the living room. I never realized that something so ordinary in an in ordinary setting could be so exciting. I really did nothing more than move three or four chairs into the living room. They climbed on top of them, under them, around them - it was a magical hour (yes, I said hour!) as they entertained themselves. I'm thinking we'll do that one again tomorrow for sure...