Zeeke woke up fever-free Monday, but his parents weren't so lucky. Karen was in height of the flu and Steve was coming down hard with it. We had to keep him out of day care until his fever was gone for 24 hours, so we were forced to parent a very energetic toddler when our bodies were failing miserably. Fortunately, Zeeke doesn't mind if we lean a little heavy on the television in such situations.
He even discovered a new show called Jr. Yoga which totally revived his old interest in the subject. Throughout the day, he was unrolling his mat and patiently following along with the yoga moves and saying "Namaste" to us and his teacher. It was very cute.
And even though it made things harder, we were determined not to go ease up on the potty training. Fortunately, our desire to have him out of diapers was stronger than his adversion to change and the process went relatively smoothly.
Tuesday he was back in school, so his parents were able to convalesce in peace, but on Wednesday, Zeeke threw up at school at naptime so Karen had to go pick him up. A call to our pediatrician confirmed our suspicion that it was likely just a side effect of the lingering cough from the previous week and he was back in school the next day.
It was a pretty mellow and quarantined weekend what with his parents still recovering from the flu, but fortunately he's happy just having us both around, even when we're not super entertaining. He's a good kid!
Conversations with Zeeke:
"We should build a monster house, Daddy."
"A monster house? Awesome! Who lives there?"
"Volmont! He's the scariest monster in the whole world."
"Wow!"
"He lives in the house with his friend Monster Claws. Monster Claws is a robot monster."
"He has long fingers and one leg that stomps! And he stomps backwards and sackwards!"