Did you know that the Dutch translation for the English term "chicken pox" is (literally) "water pox?"  And that the German translation for this same phrase is "wind pox?"  Strange, huh?  And what's strangest of all is that the actual virus has no actual connection to water, wind, or chickens!  Linguistic stuff like that is fascinating to me...

Whatever you call them, I'm glad that they're finally on their way out of our house!  It was three weeks ago today that Olivia first came down with the chicken pox.  And yet we're only just now coming through the final stages of the sickness's aftermath.  Elliot went back to school this week -- but he's only been able to manage half-days, as his system is still wiped-out from battling the chicken pox virus.  Cor, too, has gone back to taking two naps per day for awhile, and it was only today that he was able to return to his one-nap-for-the-day habit.

Habits and attitudes are finally getting back to normal again, too.  Elliot and Olivia are finally getting back to their daily chores.   Cor is finally smiling, laughing, and dancing again.

It feels good to have all that behind us now.