The Good Stuff

Poor little Ben caught a nasty virus that came with a nasty cough.  Poor kid could not stop coughing and had a hard time sleeping.  The doctor told me to keep him quarantined for a week.  So no school all week and no friends.  The worst of it, was that he didn’t actually have any other symptom other than a cough, so he felt just fine, but had to be a shut-in.  He was a really good sport about it.  On Wednesday someone knocked and he opened the door to find a little bag full of cute little toys/activities.   I know it was just some dollar store stuff, but it was worth millions to us!  He was thrilled and spent hours that day and the next playing with the little plastic army guys, and the spongy animals that grew out of a capsule in water, and tiny little pinball machine.  He also very carefully sharpened every single pencil in his new pack of pencils.   It was from Grandma, what a great Grandma. 

By Thursday I was ready to get out of the house which was perfect because sweet Brennan offered to work from home so I could go to lunch with some friends and then to my voice lesson.  It was so cute when Ben found out Brennan was coming home he automatically exclaimed, “I’m so excited to hang out with Dad!!!” and then he added, “…and that you’re my mom!'”  I thought that was so cute that all on his own he realized he didn’t want to exclude me.  Then that night I had a RS activity, we did Zumba – so much fun, and then my beloved bookclub.  I thought it was kind of the perfect day, but Friday rivaled it.

Friday I slept in, the kids were out of school, so no rushing around getting kids out the door, just glorious sleepy, mellow morning.  I looked into the the front room to see this:

I tidied the house up a bit and then put Joshy down for a nap.  I left Anna in charge and took Abby shopping with her birthday money from Grandpa John and Grandma Jamie.  It’s always great to have some one on one time with the kids.  Abby is great to shop with because she knows exactly what she wants and is super decisive.  She found darling, cheap stuff and was so so happy.  We rushed home just in time to send Anna off to a movie with her friends.  It was Ben’s last day of isolation and definitely his hardest so I cheated a little and took him and Josh to a cute, quiet little toy store to pick out a birthday present for his friend.  Then we came home and made cookies. 

Brennan came home and we all watched Kung Fu Panda 2.  Such a cozy, family day.