Aloka draws still life

Josh has this little metal bird statue that Aloka drew:

Blogging? What's blogging again?

Wow, I keep going too long without posting. The past week has been hard. Aloka and Josh came down with a horrible flu. Aloka was with Josh when they came down with it, and Aloka had a fever for 7 days off and on. It looked like she was getting better on Day 5, with her fever finally gone, but then the next day she had 102.4 and I took her to the doctor (which because it was Sunday, ended up being the Emergency Room.
She has a lung infection, as it turns out. Just the very beginnings of Pneumonia. So now, she's on anti-biotics, and feeling a million times better! I'm giving her insane amounts of probiotic, and will continue after her 10 day dose is finished.
We had a funny conversation today in the car about good and bad bacteria. Anti-biotics vs. Pro-biotics. She totally gets it.
And on a little side note, last night we were hanging out in her room, and she found a piece of dental floss on the ground. She picked it up and said "ewwwww! Already-teethed dental floss"! I had a good laugh!

Aloka the snowflake

Aloka's Waldorf school had put on a really cute little play and Aloka was a little snowflake! she was so cute!
The other little girl in the pictures is Sky. She lives about 2 blocks from us and Aloka has a lot of fun with her! Starseed (Aloka's school) is just across the street from our house, and Sky's house is on the other side of Starseed, so it's a great setup.

This is Sheilagh, Aloka's teacher, lighting the Christmas tree candles which were so nostalgic for me from the days of living in Germany! I love real candles on the tree!
Here's Aloka and Sky dancing as little snowflakes:


And Aloka et al singing Rudolph!


I gave Josh and Aloka matching long underwear. They were so cute!