Christmas 2008

Christmas for a 3 year old must be one of the most magical events of the year - easily better than a birthday. I mean you get loads of presents, loads of cake and chocolate, loads of attention, loads os going out to see cool Xmassy things, and there's Santa and panto and carols and zillions of other things to keep an active child wild with excitement. We think Dylan enjoyed his Xmas too with his constant cheeky grin and excited state of being.
Christmas is also a time for sharing, and what better present to share than that of chicken pox passed from brother to sister. Yes, as drove home after spending 3 fun filled days at the MacCallums, Aimee complained of an itchy stomach and feeling a bit unwell. When we got home and checked her tummy sure enough, the tell-tale mini-spots were all over her torso, exactly the same as appeared on dylan two weeks previous. Ha well, another New Year spent indoors - no different to any other year I guess.

A small Christmas surprise

Spotty Boy

They say chickenpox is mild in babies, but poor Dylan is covered head to toe in volcanic pox.

Most have scabbed over and dried up now and I can;t see any new ones, so hopefully he is over

the worst. Not a nice thing, but ultimately harmless. Mind you, it is interesting how many countries offer vaccination for chickenpox. In Germany it is an option, but in the USA I believe it is compulsorary before primary school. what are they afraid of eh? It's not like it's contagious is it? Oh.

Lurgy

Uh-oh, poor Dylan has the dreaded chicken pox.

It spread like wildfire at nursery. I think every kid in the baby room has it.

But Aimee appears so far symptomless.

The silver lining is that at least it will affect him over Xmas, which, in our selfish eyes,

means less time off work to look after him since chicken pox requires quarantine from

nursery.

Weird me watching you watching me videos

Dylan watches Oscar watching Dylan

Let's all clap hands with Oscar!