what to do....

This is the part of parenting that is sometimes the hardest. I am sick. All I have the energy to do is make sure that the couch does not float away. The kids feel better but are still coughing...if they run or are hyper they cough and cough and throw up. Delightful. So they must be kept 'quiet'. Easier said than done. When they are kept 'quiet' mischeif ensues. Other than that they must be engaged in something...always; see the above issue with me being ill.

What a conundrum.

What can I have the children do to engage them that does not require immense energy on my part?