LICE. Yep. It has hit the Gornstein house in full force this week!
On Monday, Mommy got an email from school that a child in the 4s class had lice over the weekend. Mommy checked the kids after school and knew Clara had been itchy- but everytime Mommy looked, she saw Clara's dry skin around her ears. Mommy didn't see anything and took the kids to their therapy sessions.
Of course, Mommy decided to check again. And, saw a little bug running through Clara's hair. Mommy jumped up, called Daddy and then a few friends. Soon, it was off to Dale Longworth's home- she is a lice expert. Three hours later, five lollipops per kid, a promise of the barbie dolls that they've been wanting-all the Gornstein's had been checked, shampooed and combed through.
Thank goodness the sitter, Chelsea, was there to help- it made the experience a little more manageable.
This week has featured more loads of laundry than Mommy would like to ever do again, vacuuming, shampooing and combing out (really the hard part).
Treatment will be continued for another few days and things will be a little different in the future- Clara and Emma will wear their hair up for a few weeks, they'll have product in their hair (it doesn't like lice) and spray to make sure they don't come to the sweet Gornstein gals again.
