Talented Thursday - A talented family

My new favorite toy is a plastic storage bin. I almost invested in a snow fort kit for $20 from L.L. Bean. I am glad I made do without. Today I handed over a green storage bin meant for gloves and hats and an old baby wipes box and look what my wonderful children made after two hours of work in freezing conditions. They say they still have more walls to build. I may just have found the perfect winter break activity.



In addition to their snow fort capabilities my family totally surprised me this week with their independance. Sunday night I came down with a horrible migraine(I am getting really sick of these things) In addition to the migraine I caught Tom's flu bug. Sunday night was absolutely horrible and I spent most of it on my bathroom floor. Monday morning brought no relief from the headache and extreme exhaustion. There was no way I was getting out of bed. Tom immediately jumped up (eventhough he had slept very little) and got the kids ready for school and dropped off at school. Lia was an absolute angel all morning. At 10:30 she climbed in bed next to me and slept until Tom came home at noon to check up on us and feed Lia. When my kids came home they were surprisingly good. Isaac made dinner for everyone (with mom directions from the other room) still I am pretty impressed he made spaghetti and broccoli on his own. He was so impressed with himself he made his own omelet the next night and today he made mac and cheese for his and Lia's lunch.

Rebecca was also an enormous help on Monday as she helped her Dad shovel the driveway and filled all the neighbor's goodie bags. It was amazing how great my family was on Monday. Of course I woke up Tuesday morning (late) and Tom said hey don't the kids need to get up? I guess I only get one sick day. But at least it was a good one.