Snow... and Quarantine

Finally, Ann Arbor has had a nice snow. Not DC, 20+ inches nice, but nice enough. It was close to 10 inches and gave Mick the opportunity to shovel and Jack the opportunity to try standing up and walking in it.
Jack was lucky to be outside briefly today as he's been fighting a horrendous stomach bug since Saturday morning. The poor kid has never had the stomach flu before and I think he was frightened every time he vomited. In between heaving, he'd moan "mummy, MUMMY!" as if I could stop it or make him feel better. It was awful for all three of us. Luckily, today he's on the mend. He made a few stops to time out today for banging the fireplace doors, so that showed me that he is on his way back to his normal, mischievous Jack self. In any case, we've quarantined him from other kids and play dates for the next few days as we want him to be as healthy as possible for our flight to England on Wednesday.

We had a wonderful visit in DC last week and were able to see some, though not all, of our friends. (Congrats on your engagement, Ryan! Hope you're feeling better, Sabine!) Poor Mick toiled away at meetings all week-long while Jack and I made visits to the Natural History Museum with the Sorkins, to our former weekly playgroup (it was so neat to see how much the kids had grown in 3 1/2 months!), and to see our friends, Lee and Iain (and their dog, Cole, with whom Jack is obsessed).

Jack and Iain had a great time eating...

and playing...

and showing their fondness for each other.

Jack did okay on the flight though I think 18-month-old kids are meant to give traveling parents a run for their money. Fingers crossed for our trans-Atlantic flight.

Jack's 18 month well visit is tomorrow. I'll post his stats afterward.