Two Little Girls and a Fever

Friday morning, the grown-ups took the girls to the Fun Festival at Annie's school. The Fun Festival is the school's way of giving the kids a day off at the end of the year and celebrating the end of the CASS Testing (DC's standardized tests, which all students in 3rd grade and above has to take and pass). The day had all the fun you'd expect from a carnival.

Little water slide for the little ones:


Moon Bounce:




Face Painting:


And, after a couple hours, two tuckered out girls:


Later in the day, it was starting to become clear that Ashley was coming down with something. She was running a fever by the end of the night, and so went to bed with a dose of ibuprofen.

Saturday dawned with a happy Ashley who crashed hard with a strong fever. It was pretty clear that our trip to the local coffee shop and IKEA were going to be postponed in favor of a trip to the urgent care clinic. About an hour and a half later, we left with diagnosis of urinary tract infection and a prescription for antibiotics.

Our evening plans were to head to the Pride Parade, which is a wonderful spectacle of joy and fun. Anastasia loves it every year, so it was very sad that we had to leave Ashley and Mom at home. We left with a promise that we'd bring home lots of new necklaces for Ashley.

Our mayor was out tossing beads to the crowds.


Anastasia loved all the rainbows and this princess dress was a big hit with our little girl.


She came away with a new swimming pool noodle (not sure where we're going to use that), about 50 new beaded necklaces, and a bag full of candy, all to share with Ashley when she was better.



After a very late bath for the girls, they hit the sack at a very late 10:00. Ashley was on the mend and Sunday dawned with a new promise for her health.