Stick a fork in me....

Anna woke up Tuesday morning and was pretty snotty and was coughing a fairly deep, wet cough. She was burning up and I was positive that she had an ear infection. SO...I called in and we went to the doctor. She said her ears were great...and before I could let out a sigh of relief, the nurse came in and said that Anna's swab came back positive for Flu A. WHAT???!! was my response because we had a flu shot. Anyway, lucky us, she got it anyway. The good thing was, that we caught it in enough time for her to take Tamiflu. ( If you are unfamiliar, it lightens the load...makes the bad guys of the virus have a hard time multiplying) So, her symptoms are not really that bad, the only bad thing was she had to stay out of daycare for the week...so that meant more time off for me. All in all, it has been kind of a blessing, because I have been able to spend time with her the last two days and we really have had a blast. Stephen's mom is helping out tomorow and my mom is taking Friday, so it all worked out. But needless to say, I am SO done with my child being sick.

In other news, we have been promising pictures of Stephen in action for months and yet to have a picture in his chef garb, however, to make it up to you all we have some images from his "Garde manger" class ( basically it is learning how to prepare cold appetizers, salads, soups,
ect. )
The little movie is from his first class, learning how to do fancy garnishes...he also shows you some from other students.
The picture is from a more recent class where he had to make a cold salad, "Salad of Crab and Avocado"

He continues to have a great time and is learning a lot. He is still waiting tables at Cafe Aeby a couple of days a week and is in the kitchen now when he isn't in the front of house. He is learning a ton from Chris and really enjoying his job. Hope you all have a great week.