When kids get sick ...

We've had our share of sickness at the Clark household this winter/spring - so needless to say we're all ready for summer to get here to kick some of these "inside germs" to the curb.

Henry has taken the brunt of it with stomach and respiratory crud and in mid-March we found our selves struggling with the balance of work and childcare when he came home sick with a fever and couldn't go back to school for a few days.  What's a parent to do?

Mom is in her busy season at work and couldn't afford to be out of the office another day that week having already missed one and a half days so Henry suited up and went to work with Papa for part of the day.

To be fair he slept a good portion of the morning so Papa did actually get some work done.  Thankfully Papa has an office with a door and Henry made himself at home that morning checking out his surroundings and assisting with Papa's work.

We hope we don't have to resort to this too often, but we're thankful we both of have pretty flexible work environments and supervisors that allow to "do what we need to do" to get our work done.

This was a recent repeat performance in May ... at the height of everything going on Henry gets pink eye.  Guess it was his way of saying ... "Mom, Dad ... I'm just gonna throw you for a loop so you have to spend the day with me and cuddle."  Unfortunately Dad put him to work - but he did happen to be a good office mate for the day even sleeping when he needed to.  Can't exactly say he slept on the job, but that did make a few hours go by faster.