"Croup stinks, Mom."

So says Madeleine as she hacks her way through her afternoon snack of Nilla Wafers. She doesn't like the way her brother's face turns all red with his coughing, either.

Next week, the hat trick. Rachel just has a mild cough yet.

Warm mist vaporizers, anyone?

UPDATE: Listening to two youngsters laugh so raspily through It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! isn't really all it's cracked up to be. The laughing does indicate 1) they're breathing, 2) they're feeling well enough to do so, and 3) isn't laughter the best medicine, anyway?