Busy Bees

The kids have been doing various fun projects this morning to keep them busy and distracted. We're taking a trip to Kansas this weekend for Grandma Dawn's birthday and it's going to be a surprise for the kids. We aren't going to tell them until we're on the road! I can't wait!

So, I'm packing this morning and the kids are happily distracted.

In the meadow we will build a snowman...

Aaron had fun pushing the bottom snowball uphill.

Smoothing and sculpting...

...filling in the holes....

....sticks for arms....

....classic carrot for nose...

A finished work of art!

Ivy: Two Months-ish

More like 2 months and 12 days, but who's counting?

Ivy is a sweetie. She loves to be cuddled. She loves to nap with Mommy. She loves to coo and chat. She is a source of contention between her siblings. In a good way, of course. There is a lot of arguing about who gets to hold her. At her check-up she weighed 10lbs, 5ozs.

Super Sick Super Bowl Weekend

'Tis the season to be sick! We're on day nine of quarantine at the Pennington house. We had a nice quiet weekend watching movies and the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon . Yeah Packers!

Ivy: Started with a dry cough on Wednesday. She was coughing constantly, so Friday we took her to see Dr. Jones. He said to watch her carefully for breathing problems and sure enough, by Saturday she was having pretty severe chest retractions. Sunday morning, after being up at night with her 3 nights in a row I took her to the ER. She was having a lot of trouble breathing. They tested her for RSV, which returned positive. After a nebulizer treatment we were able to come home. She's been doing better since then.

Here she is sitting up in her car seat so her chest doesn't get congested.

Elle: Caught the flu at the doctor's office when we took Ivy in. Poor girl. Throwing up and miserable for 4 days. Here she is "enjoying" the Super Bowl

Grant: Sick with a cough on Thursday, and then the flu yesterday. Here he is with a piece of toast that he threw up shortly after I took this photo.

We're just waiting around to see who else catches it here...

Visions of pretzels danced in their heads...

Last night when I dropped the kids off at AWANA I mentioned that I was going to the store to pick up snacks. Rylan asked if I could buy the normal kind of pretzels(not honey mustard, my personal fav.)

He then elaborated, " The other kind aren't very good for you. They give me weird dreams. Like giant pretzels above my head!"

Hmmm....

The Dark Ages

Grant apparently would have fit right in during the Dark Ages. The way he screams when he takes a bath gives you the feeling that he thinks he's about contract the black death!

Elle, on the other hand, has to be coaxed into getting out after about an hour.

LOVE

I don't know why, but Valentines Day is one holiday I never decorated for. This past week several of the kids have been sick with colds and flus and we've been stuck at home, so this afternoon I pulled out my craft stuff and added a couple "love-ly" touches to the house. And yes, I'm proud of that pun!

A few love notes, hiding in unexpected places.

A paper heart wreath in the dining room

and a stack of love letters.