The Endless Cold

When I was in middle school, toys called 'germs' were all the rage. They were these rubbery plastic depictions of, well, germs. Thanks to the miracle of google image search, I can share one with you:

As I recall, my mom refused to cave in to my pleas that she buy me some of these little guys. Something about a rubbery plastic germ that does nothing except sit there looking like a rubbery plastic germ not being worth $10? I'm sure no one looking at the above picture can understand her reluctance!

But the universe has now gotten its revenge for any resentment I may have felt, because if you were to look at my house with a microscope, it would look like a convention of these creatures. Probably everyone out there with toddlers is nodding sagely at this, but we seem to experience the endless cold phenomenon from like September to April. It's kind of like that movie 'Endless Summer' except with more Kleenex and screaming babies. My girls aren't even in preschool or daycare or anything–yet we're barely over one cold before we're down with the next. How? How do you make it stop?

So this is why I've been absent from blogging lately. But it's not all bad news, it's still autumn here, and the weather has been glorious. Bella decided to be a black cat for halloween (almost like she doesn't trust me to pick for her after the whole lobster costume incident!). And today I'm over at Writer Unboxed blogging about some of the behind-the-scenes debates that go on when working with an editor. Stop by!

(Bella as a black cat, Vivi as a baby wearing pink pajamas–she was sick again that night, poor sweetie. And me as a yoga-pants wearing mommy. I definitely think my costume was the most realistic!)