an icy recovery

Just last week Jake woke up one morning with a fever of 104 and could hardly move a muscle. He stayed home from school for a couple of days, and then fortunately he had the weekend to fully recover. Thank goodness it didn't last long, and he didn't really have all the symptoms of H1N1 (like he did last summer, I'm pretty sure). He always complained about his head being hot, so he constantly kept a bag of ice on his head, even when he slept.
Will hung out with us most of the time because he was out of school for most of those two days. He had homework to catch up on, and then at one point Jake was feeling well enough to go outside for a bit with the old Lego pirate ship and the new pirate ship.

After the pirate photos, Jake and I layed outside on the grass for a while. It was so good for him to get some fresh air, and it was fun to hang out together. We stared at the sky (that was sooo blue that day!) and every once in a while a cloud would drift by that we would guess what the shape looked like. Amazingly enough, the rest of us escaped getting sick and everyone is well...for now. It could be a long winter.