Ugh, I agree about the illness. Even with kids going down left and right in school, I was hoping we had escaped it. Nope, the 11yr old managed to hide her illness and go to school Friday (parties and stuff going on she didn't want to miss). I was out running errands when she came home from school and as soon as I walked in I knew we were in trouble. Quick trip to the Ped at 6:30 last night said no strep, but part of me thinks it may be. She was exposed by more than one close friend.
I can deal with sick kids, but we are supposed to leave Monday for the IL's. I took a calculated risk and sent 99.5% of gifts to their house. If for some reason we can't be there Christmas morning we will either have a huge overnight shipping bill or make up some story that Santa will come once we get to Grandma's.