The nasty cold bug that took Delaney down for a week and then moved on to Cole on Saturday, also got the best of Franny on Monday.  It’s been a long week at our house.  I’ve brought out some things from my secret rainy day box—word searches for Franny and an activity book for Cole, as well as two new books and new markers and glitter glue.  But, spirits are still low as the persistent high fevers (102-104 daily) have pretty much taken everything out of them.  Now at day 6, Cole has finally seemed to have gotten past the worst.  Today, his temperature has been normal, but he is clearly still in need of a lot of recuperation time.  If Franny patterns after Cole and Delaney, she still has a couple more days of fever before she’s through it.  We are all ready for this bug to move on.  I miss their smiles and sweet personalities and it is definitely hard to watch them struggle to battle this out.  But, at least we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and soon we should all be back to our old routines and our new adventures!