the shortest month

Sorry for the blogging hiatus. This month's been plagued with a knee injury (Marei), super occupied with work (Leatha), cold and earache (Jaya), fever and cough (Raja), and sinus infection (Leatha). And the last three came on about a week after I said out loud one day, "Wow, this has been a super mild winter for us being sick, don't you think?" (Doh!)
Some Public Service Announcements:
-Raja was born with a severe ear infection due to birth trauma, and Jaya woke up screaming in pain and clutching her ear Saturday night. Both times, breastmilk drops in the affected ear cured them. Cost-free and side-effect free. Gotta love that. Oh, and inconvenient-trip-to-the-doctor-and the pharmacy-with-two-sick-kids-and-a husband-at-work-free. Nice.
-A neti pot works really well to flush out a sinus infection. And no, it doesn't feel like you got water up your nose or like you are drowning. Honestly. It feels like you can breathe again. I highly recommend it.

Two sick kids, one not-so-discreetly picking his nose.