The House of Pox

This week we've been out of action due to a very, very mild case of chicken pox.

Surprisingly, it was Oliver who succumbed. This will teach us to be smug about the vaccination schedule here being worse than in Australia. According to the doc there are different strains of pox which might explain the disappointing. Or we could just blame weak genes. Jeff's obviously.

Whether the mild case is due to the vaccine we're not sure, but Oliver didn't seem bothered about it, and was more upset that he couldn't go to school this week. He insisted that he wasn't sick and couldn't understand why I didn't give him medicine to "make me better" so he could see Ted.

Just waiting for Pip to get it now. Knowing Pip, it'll be the full-blown version. Still, the spots might cover up the vast bumps and bruises he's accumulating on a frighteningly regular basis.