Well, today Malin was sick and stuck in bed most of the day. She thinks she caught whatever it is that Will has. Will developed a runny nose the other day, and it has since evolved to include a cough.

He likes his other medicine (pediatric benadryl for the runny nose) – he calls it, “candy.” But the new medicine (generic robitussin for kids) tastes horrible, and he really hates it. It is quite difficult to get him to take it, so we do so while he is in the bath. That way, even if he spits some of it out, he won’t make a mess of things. Otherwise, we’d likely have bright red stains everywhere…

Speaking of which, why on earth do they put so much artificial coloring into the medicine?!?!? It doesn’t make it taste better – it just makes it harder to clean up!

Maybe Malin will post something to this site when she feels better. You know, it was partially her idea to create this site – our family blog. But so far, she has been severely neglecting it. Maybe I can convince her to momentarily put her camera down to say hello on this website. Instead, she spends most of her “blog authoring” time talking about photography.

Several people have by now gotten an invitation to the party we are throwing the first Saturday of February. No, Malin didn’t have to bribe me or pay me or slip anything into my drink to get me to pose for the photo. Apparently, I have no shame or humility. I was a little embarrassed at the time she was taking the photo. We were outside and our neighbors were driving around – likely wondering what the heck this guy is doing with this ridiculous hat on and this ridiculous look on his face… If we have even half of the turn-out that we had last year, it should be a good party.