We try to get the kids' friends from public school over every so often and let them play out in the yard. Our oldest daughter's friends came over last week on Friday, and the rain forced everyone inside. I asked how their days at school went, and one of them said that she didn't go to school because she felt sick that morning, but she's just fine.

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So my oldest daughter has COVID for the first time now, everyone is wearing masks around the house when we're together, and I get to have a fun talk with her friend's parents.