Club Med- for antibiotic junkies only

So, does anyone else have the experience of thinking or saying something & very quickly the opposite happens? Like you just jinxed yourself? During the holidays, I remember telling people how healthy we've been this winter. BOOM! Since January it's been one thing after another. Everyone in the picture above is currently on antibiotics (some on their 3rd round of them). Bella has an ear infection, again, and the boys & I got the good news today that we have strep.

Len is trying to stay healthy, while nursing us back to health, and study. I've been trying to convince him that it's not too bad studying at home- why spend all that time away at the library? He says there are too many distractions at home.

I think I'm loosing that battle.

This guy is the only one yet to catch anything (there I go jinxing someone again). Noah barely eats enough to keep a bird alive, avoids all meat other than bacon, and sneaks treats whenever we turn our backs. Go figure why he's the healthiest one in the family? Maybe it's positive outlook.

I still believe in mind over matter. Generally, I can avoid getting terribly sick if I don't concentrate on it, keep going, take lots of vitamins & clean like mad! Can you really ever feel better if the vermin are looking at your house like it's prime real estate? With 4 kids, this is what happens if house work is avoided for more than a few days. Although, there are those time you have to succumb to the fact that your body needs rest...and a new toothbrush!


You see, Bella walks around with a toothbrush in her mouth almost all day long. Yes, I take them out of her mouth & put them back all day long too (I'm not a totally negligent mother)! The boys are now in the habit of grabbing any old toothbrush in the drawer & using it, since theirs has usually walked off with Bella. So, today we got new toothbrushes for everyone with separate cup holders so that we can all have our own, clean toothbrushes that Bella can't reach! Hopefully this will help cut back on germ spreading a bit.

Tomorrow is light switch & doorknob bleaching day... I w i l l w i n (either that, or I just jinxed the heck out of myself & will be flat on my back all next week)!