The Flu

Well, it's here. G came home from work early on Thursday and minus the trip to the doctor to confirm our suspicions he has been in bed (literally) ever since. I've never seen him in bed for one day more less three. As timing would have it the kids were out of shcool on Thursday and Friday for parent teacher conferences. So, I've spent the better part of the past 72 hours trying to keep them happy, quiet and away from their daddy. Not sure which of those is trickier! We've spent much time out doors and in the sunshine (somewhere deep inside I tend to believe that fresh air can cure what ills you). Nonetheless Carver woke up with a fever this morning and we were the first in the door at Urgent Care. He has it too. So far he's doing really well, resting, but not achy and not a high fever. I am praying we caught it quickly enough to lessen the severity. He thinks its neat that he can now hang out with Daddy. He's also fascinated at what the flu virsus looks like. He pulled out his Human Body book and closely examined the close ups of viruses. He determined that the wart virus was uglier! I'd trade.

As I was driving to the pharmacy this morning (thinking in my head that this was just not the way I planned for my week to unfold) I passed the children's hospital. A couple walked by with their little girl-clearly a patient-bundled up in a wagon. How they would love to switch their situation for a house full of the flu. Our lot is such a temporary nuisance in the not so big scheme of things. So that's what I am trying to remember today. This time next week it'll be just that-a flash in the pan of life. Until then, I'd appreciate prayers that Springer and I stay healthy(shouldn't moms be exempt?!).

Deja Vous

For all who knew G during his high school years, this will be a blast from the past.

Carver asked to go through one of our time capsules and he came across all

of G's wrestling gear. He gave me his best tough guy face...

Sweet Girls

Mae and Jack came for a visit yesterday-and much fun was had!

The boys never slowed down long enough for me to snap a picture, but they greatly enjoyed

dressing up (as a Jedi and Superman) and "fighting". Boys!

The girls on the other hand wanted their picture taken-with their dolls. Springer's doll comes with a paci-which she quickly inserted into her own mouth. I love Mae's expression!

Dreadfully Behind!

Oh, my word! What a crazy past few weeks we've had...it began about 3 weeks ago when my car suddenly broke down and quickly ended a months long discussion on whether or not to get a new car-we did (and it's great!), but it created a busy few days. Then, a couple of events at our home...then my oven croaked. Suddenly-in the middle of making 36 muffins for the preschool open house! I ended up baking them in a tiny muffin pan in my toaster oven. I felt like I had returned to the days of the Easy Bake oven! That little problem obviously led to a new oven (which I love!) and a minor construction project in the kitchen. That coupled with 4 more events here in the next three weeks has just left little time to sit down and upload photos more less to actually post them. But here we are; it's February, so I'm hopping back on the wagon. Here's a little run down of some fun times over the past few weeks.

We shared the MLK day break with our sweet friends, the McClatchey's. Carver, Abigail, Sarah Curtis and Springer loved their time together and we had great 'grown up' time as well.
None of us quite understood how the oranges made it to the picture, but they all insisted!

We're getting ready to recover our family room sofas so I've given the kids free reign on them lately. They've created a new game of "Mousekateers" which for some reason or another involves stacking all of the cushions and climbing on top. They can play for an hour or more and laugh histerically. I don't know what we'll do once the sofas return from the upholsterer!

My birthday cake-it requires explanantion. We easily play a dozen games of Uno every day and one day after Carver had been excited about getting a +4 card, I pretended to be excited over my 'big' card, a yellow 0. Well, he thought I was so silly that it became our joke together-whoever drew the yellow 0 would make a big show of it. Well as my birthday drew near he came up with the idea (completely on his own) that my cake should be a yellow 0 card. Our oven was broken and the new one wasn't installed, so he and G bought the cake and worked hard to recreate my beloved yellow 0. I was overwhelmed at how thoughtful it was and that it was completely his doing. It will be a cake I treasure forever!

This is how I found Carver the other night. These stuffed animals, or friends, as we call them typically reside in a basket beside his bed. When I went up to check on him this is what I saw. I quickly took a picture and then moved them back to their home so that he could stretch out. The next morning he was very relieved to know that I had taken the picture before moving them. When I asked him about them he said he wanted a picture so that "I can show my son all of my stuffed animals one day." Oh, that boy just melts my heart.