The pox has hit again!
July 22, 2008
You guessed it – Ethan now has chickenpox!
Just when Tyler is finally back to normal. 
We did send Ethan to school on Monday, but I kept him home today. He was coughing quite a lot this morning, and felt a little warm. Even though he didn’t seem that unwell, I just had a funny feeling that I should keep him home.
By lunchtime, he really didn’t seem that sick. When I suggested he go to school for the afternoon, he replied, “but you’ve already rung the office and booked it in.” LOL!
I checked him periodically for “spots” during the day — nothing. I decided to do one last check at bedtime. Lo and behold, I found 2 spots on his back (at the fluid-filled stage).
I’m so glad I kept him home today, as he would have been very infectious. I guess the “funny feeling” was my mother’s intuition. Yay, I have some of that!
Poor little guy was really upset at bedtime, because he doesn’t want to miss school. 
He said, “poor Mrs Nicholson, she is going to miss me so much, because I’m so good!” … ROFL!
I told him I’d go and see his teacher tomorrow and get some work for him to do while he’s off school. I also suggested buying a special exercise book for him to work in while he’s sick, which he can “hand in” to Mrs Nicholson when he gets back to school. That cheered him up a LOT.
Sigh. Ethan is JUST like me. I used to set myself assignments to do in the school holidays. I remember doing one about birds when I was about 8. I copied page after page of text from my encyclopaedia, and drew intricate pictures of different birds.
Rob finds it all rather hilarious: “don’t people get beat up for doing stuff like that?”
Ahem. Back to the topic at hand.
I feel so sorry for Ethan. The school holidays were very boring for him, as we couldn’t really go anywhere with Tyler. He never complained about it though. He was excited to finally be back at school, and now he’ll be home for days on end, AGAIN. He will also miss out on his team’s soccer photo this Thursday, and of course he will miss his game on Saturday. Life is not much fun for him at the moment! I am planning to go shopping tomorrow and get him a few goodies to help ease the disappointment of it all.
Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Rob is showing NO signs of the pox. He doesn’t have any cold/flu symptoms, which I would have expected him to have by now if he was going to get it.
Back to playing nurse for me!
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Christi | July 23, 2008 at 12:37 am
Wow, what a hit! I don’t know if dealing with more than one having chickenpox at a time and getting them done or having them spaced out. At least you will be a pro by the time my girls get it and I can ask for advice
Mine are still showing no signs. I’m counting down to Friday thinking they may peak then lol. Hang in there and hopefully Rob will miss it completely 
If ya need any errands done or need to pop round for any reason, let me know.
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Angella | July 23, 2008 at 3:20 am
Poor Ethan!! I hope he gets better soon!
Congrats on the weight loss, though. (Sorry I’m so behind, but we have company. I KNOW.)
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Kami | July 23, 2008 at 4:12 am
Oh no! Round 2 huh! I do hope Rob doesn’t end up with them, so far so good
Ethan and Jack are so much alike, he hates missing school too. But he never has taken it to the extreme of wanting to do extra work…yet!
Rob’s comment about getting beat up was funny, I laughed out loud!
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Trace | July 23, 2008 at 7:06 am
Oh dear poor Ethan…hey at least you know what to expect this time Hannah, and what works well.
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joanharvest | July 23, 2008 at 7:39 am
The chickenpops again? Your kids sure do like school. Actually when I think about it, my two liked school when they were younger but as they got older and the homework took up more time their delight in school started to diminish.
I hope Ethan feels better soon so he can gte back to school and soccer.
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Roo | July 23, 2008 at 8:24 am
Oh no – poor Ethan. He is such a wee trooper.
Well I guess it is good that both boys have had it now so it is over and done with (well hopefully – I won’t tell you Jaymin had them 3 times lol)
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Alison | July 23, 2008 at 9:06 am
Oh dear poor Ethan….I guess on the bright side at least both of them will have had chicken pox now so its done and out of the way
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Vicky | July 23, 2008 at 9:47 am
poor Ethan, hope he gets better really soon. poor baby, its so great he loves school so much and must be so hard to be stuck at home when he so wants to be at school. Big hugz from me and mine.
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Janine | July 23, 2008 at 10:00 am
Get well soon Ethan, poor wee mite. I think everyone else has said it all really……….so cute that he is worried about missing school I am sure he will love school work being bought home to him.
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Penny | July 23, 2008 at 10:31 am
Oh dear, poor guy!
He’s such a scholar
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shornsheep | July 23, 2008 at 11:34 am
Aww, Hannah! Guess it was inevitable that Ethan would come down with the c-pox.
He is so sweet what he said. Great idea getting him some work to do while he is in quarantine. Being sick is sooooooo boring for kids.
OMG, I can’t believe that you used to do what I did. I started the copying out of Encyclopedias at around 7 years of age. My subject was Ireland, the Potato Famine in particular. Every year I would do the same thing, same topic, LOL.
I am cracking up here because I just can’t believe someone else did that too, heehee.
Take care of each other and I hope Ethan is better in record time. xxS
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Michelle | July 23, 2008 at 11:35 am
Oh dear poor Ethan!! Hope he gets better soon. Just think – now you have done the chicken pox thing so you don’t need to do it again. Unless of course… Rob comes down with it. FX he doesn’t!!
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Beverley Warwick | July 23, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Poor you! But I guess it had to happen … yay for your mother’s intuition … I think we all have it but some of us are just too busy/distracted to listen to it. And seriously? you used to set yourself assignments? in the holidays?
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ruthnz | July 23, 2008 at 12:34 pm
oh dear, but I guess it was only time before he got them too.
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kelly | July 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Poor Ethan – I was so hoping he might have missed it, or gained himself some immunity. But there you go! Still, better now than later…. just hope Rob doesn’t catch them now. Yikes!
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Sharon | July 23, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Oh the poor thing. What a bummer missing the soccer photo!! I laughed about him saying he was so good. My son has a friend also called Ethan. When I went to parent teacher last term, I was told that the teacher wouldn’t have much to say to Ethan’s Mum because Ethan was perfect!
Hope he gets better soon
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kayla | July 23, 2008 at 5:07 pm
no fun – poor Ethan!! The good news is you are getting it all over in a short time and you won’t have to do it again! It sounds like your husband may be a lucky duck!
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Hay | July 23, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Oh no!
See if they can photoshop him in to the pic : )
Poor honey, hope he recovers soon. Pity I’m not closer, we could have playdates since mine have all been poxy
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mummymoo | July 23, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Oh no poor Ethan, LOL about robs comments, ummm I loved shool books and used to save my pocket money to buy them but I was never any good at doing extra work hee hee
Fingers crossed for Rob tough guy and you sure have mummy intuition never doubt that at all!!!! You are a great mummy and nurse
BIG HUGS TO ETHAN xox
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Mrs Frizz | July 23, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Ethan, Ethan, Ethan, you sound as though you are just the most delightful wee man … and so very precious. Enjoy writing in your new exercise book that Mum is going to get you.
No itching now!!!!
Nurse Hannah … round two now awaits you … you had better go and have a wee talk to Rob and say that’s it … enough is enough – don’t bother getting the pops!!!!
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Vicki | July 23, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Hope the pops aren’t too bad for Ethan – round 2 alright! Would say that Rob might be feeling he’s next in line but fingers crossed he misses them.
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Tracy | July 23, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Poor Ethan, he sounds like he is really going to miss being at school! Great idea to get a special exercise book for him
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Anna | July 23, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Yikes poor little man and I hope Rob is in the clear, no fun!!
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keamac | July 23, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Oh the poor little guy. I always hated to miss school too and look at me now…a teacher! Having said that I still hate missing school – I miss my class too much. I used to do the “holiday project’ thing too. My pet topics were Ancient Egypt and the Tudors.
Take care of yourself Hannah as well as your boys (the big one and the little ones).
I hope Rob manages to stay chicken pox free.
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mandyb | July 23, 2008 at 10:03 pm
oh no – it never ends… well actually it will… once they have it – that’s that…. least you know what to do – nurse hannah… hope rob doesn’t get it!!!!!!!!!! all the best being indoors over this week
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Angela | July 23, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Oh bummer…….. Hope that things go well for you, I would imagine by this time you would have had enough! Look after yourself, remember the kids need you to be well too.
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merri | July 24, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I hope that Ethan is starting to feel better; I guess it was inevitable but you always hope that it won’t happen…!
((hugs to you both))
LOL! I am amazed that you used to do what I did
(ie the copying out encyclopedia stuff and illustrating them..)
We played school endlessly too, in summer holidays..
LOL at Rob’s comment !!
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Elaine | July 24, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Well… at least it will be over after this, right? Sorry Ethan got it too. Hope he feels better really soon.
That’s so funny about what he said about his teacher missing him. HA HA!
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Elaine | July 25, 2008 at 4:54 am
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dayna | July 25, 2008 at 8:21 am
I remember the chicken pox well…mostly cause my mom took tons of pics of of our nekkid, spot covered, bodies.
Thanks mom.
Hope everyone’s better soon!