Its over!

Well at least our fevers are gone. Everyone has a little cough still but we are okay. I think I had it the worst.

Doug is coaching Max in his first season of basketball right now and Max is starting to get the hang of it. Yesterday he actually had his head in the game and is getting a bit better at dribbling.

Doug has been teaching Max some of his basketball moves.  Here's a link to a video of one of them.  He's still perfecting it so he can use it in a game.





For those of us not playing basketball this season, we signed up to run in a family 5k on Saturday. 


Since we had be fever free for a day and needed to get out of the house, I decided we'd do it still, even though I thought we'd probably walk the whole way.  Luke rode in the stroller while Mer and Jack and I ran the first mile and then run/walked the rest.  At about 2 1/2 miles Jack decided to sprint and there was no stopping him.  I chased him leaving Mer in our dust and he stopped for a break and to let Mer catch up with us just before finishing.  We did it in about 41 minutes.  It was fun!!


Here's a cereal we discovered this week that you should try.  Special K Red Berries is good but this new version with berries and yogurt chunks is awesome.  We are suckers for the fruit and cereal combination.

And lastly I made a little headway on the backsplash. It went from this....

....to this on Saturday.  I know, not much progress, but the job took me over 5 hours to do so I'm documenting it.  Ready for tiling!

We're dropping like flies, 3 more down.

Mer's finished Lego house. (A Christmas present)

When I last checked in we had great plans for a Monday at home. That afternoon I came down with what Luke had on Sunday.   Mer got a fever Tuesday morning and Jack came down with one last night. We are dropping like flies over here.  I think we have the flu.   I seriously can't remember ever feeling so sick.  I have a new found empathy for my kids when they get fevers.   I am hoping this is what Max had 2 weeks ago so he won't get it again. I don't know how Doug will dodge it, but I hope he does.

This week I'm grateful for Ibuprofen, Netflix Instant Movies, and Lego- it sure does provide hours of entertainment for all ages. And 2 hour naps- Our waves of fever have been staggered so Mer takes care of Luke while I sleep, then I'm feeling good when she goes bad. And warm showers too.

I'm feeling the need to steam clean our entire house when we are all well again.  Hope that's soon.  

Happy Monday to you!

Time for an update.

Not much to say except we have some sickos over here.  The kids have been passing a fever around and it was Luke's turn this weekend. I stayed home from church with him and he just wanted to be held or watch shows.  Doug took the rest to church but came home in the middle of it himself with flulike symptoms. He slept the day away while we all kept quiet which means a lot of movies were watched. While everyone was so quiet and entertained by the tube I got to organize my closet and go through ALL our files and paperwork.  Something that has needed to be done for months now. And yes that took ALL DAY.  But totally worth all the effort because I now have a great filing system and I can walk into my closet and get that high that only a freshly organized closet can give.  AHHHH! The sewing corner is next.

Meredith started official piano lessons last week.

Today the kids have a day off from school.  Doug said he'll probably come home early from work since he's not feeling so hot.  Since Luke is sick we can't play with friends today but in my organizing mode yesterday I made a list of activities for each of them to keep them busy today. One thing on the list is devising a way to pick the rest of the oranges of the orange tree, only the high ones are left. I can't wait to see what they come up with .  They are currently playing battle dominoes, waiting for the sprinklers to turn off so they can jump on the trampoline. After all, that is their favorite pastime.

And that does it for us.  Happy Monday to you!

Fun things we did with Grandma and Grandpa

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,

Thank you for coming to visit us after Christmas!! We had so much fun with you.  Remember when we went to see the Manatees? 



We knew that there would be a lot but Grandpa, you counted over 100!!.  All huddling together in a canal trying to keep warm.

Remember how there were millions of fish filling the whole canal as well.






And then we went to the park..






We fed the ducks and found a bright green caterpillar.  We saved him from freezing, warmed him up and fed him.
























 Remember how we went to the Orlando Science Center and we got to do a weather forecast...

...and we survived hurricane force winds.

We saw Kelly Slater surf on the big screen movie and later, went to the beach and tried surfing the big waves ourselves.

 

 Thank you for playing games with us...

And making puppy dog pancakes.

We hope you had fun making these memories with us. We sure did!!