Ben & Jerry

Today Madison got a chance to taste some of the finer things in life.  It was one of those moments where Daddy realized she's never had Ben & Jerry's ice cream before.  It all started on Friday, when Madison missed school - she's still under the weather today - but one of the things she realized she missed was this:  ice cream day.  Each Friday, the kids at lunchtime can have ice cream.  Madison looks forward to this, and having missed it, Daddy determined he was going to pick her up some ice cream on the way home.  She wanted chocolate, so Daddy got her a pint of the fudge ice cream flavor, but the one she's holding was a recent flavor.  It's good too, but not as good as the classics that Daddy also picked up:  Cherry Garcia and Chocolate Cookie Dough.  Best ice creams ever!

The rest of the day is summed up with these photos:

As for the first, it appears as if it's just another day of filming for KidPak.  The second photo is a screen capture of Madison and Mommy, who are talking to Daddy on the computer.  It was a long day, so we're thankful for this technology to speak to one another.

Madison is still sick today, which is unfortunate because things were looking okay yesterday.  The thing is this, and it's been well-documented on this site in the past:  medicine works really well.  The symptoms - runny nose, fever, coughing - all go away within about ten minutes when she takes her medicine.  But if that little container says the medicine will stop working about four hours later, it's like a light switch:  Madison is suddenly sick again.  Basically, we've been treating the symptoms, and it appears as if we'll need a doctor's visit to get this bugger out of the way.

Fortunately, she's been sleeping at night, and hasn't been miserable during the daytime.  One would question if she was really sick if you visited her during those times where she was on her medication.  That's a good thing - we're keeping her inside and as stationary as possible, of course.

And rewarding her with a little Ben & Jerry to boot!