Queen of the Sniffles

Well, on this election day, I'm NOT going to talk about politics. There's enough of that going on on the tube tonite. But we're glued to the coverage and are curious about who the next prez will be.

Yesterday, Grammy came over to hang with Em while I did some tutoring in the afternoon. When I left, this is what was going on in the kitchen.

Uh, yeah. That would be my mom teaching Em how to email using her Blackberry. We are in SO much trouble when this kiddo hits puberty!

Sadly, we have a sick kiddo in our midst. Last nite seemed ordinary enough. She went down around 7:30, as usual, but woke around 8:15 SCREAMING. We went in a few times, but she couldn't stay settled once we left her alone. Long story short, she didn't fall asleep until AFTER MIDNIGHT!!! And, she was up around 1:30 and 2:30 and 5:15. Poor thing came down with a cold during the night and her nose was all stopped up. Later today, she spiked a 103 degree fever. Ugh! But, she was in such great spirits today. We laughed and laughed all day! I'm continually amazed by her sweet soul and kind heart. How did we get so lucky?

Mama bribed her to drink lots of fluids by putting some Gatorade in her water. Here's the Queen of the Sniffles guzzling down the good stuff.

We're hoping for a good nite tonite. She has a doctor visit (for an unrelated issue) tomorrow morning, and she'll need to be cooperative when she's poked and prodded, so keep your fingers crossed.