Love Song From The Little Guy

January Flu Bug

We've been sick, sick, sick here.

So this will be short and sweet, since that's about as

long as I can stay vertical!

But here's a few photos from before the flu bug hit...

 Francis' Christmas stash...

he received a bag of M&M's from Fr. John Paul

and promptly squirreled them away in his jammie drawer.  Every night he eats one

and if I ask nicely, I get one also!

 Johnny got a drone from Jeff and Debbi...

 took awhile to figure out how to use the thing...

 now nothing is safe on the main floor!

Nonnie is proud of her puzzle.

Just had to share how groceries look on Monday afternoons.

Some game fun

 Johnny's birthday...

warming himself by the fire.

 We had Timothy over to make it somewhat special.

Little did we know that the germs were mounting even then.

Here's hoping we didn't pass the plague on to him.

Cutie pies

One picture after the flu hit...

sad little guy.

The Last of Christmas Vacation

As this morning's temps dip to a chilly -11,  I'll share our fun from last week...

Andrew made a "stove" for Marianna's pots and pans right after Christmas.

We had a "fruitful" visit with Sr. Judith!

Momma still gotta get some schoolwork ready, even during vacation.

Andrew's new jigsaw comes with a black light for marking wood.  The kids tried the marker out on their foreheads (Franny's says "Kick my butt" and Gabriel's said "Loser")...

might as well mark up your hands, too.  (While you're at it!)

The girls tried out a Shrink Art gift...

with a little patience required.

More homemade play dough.

There was some outdoor fun, too.  (Off in the distance there is the beginning of a snow fort.)

Some successful spearing by Joseph on New Year's Eve day...

and good old fashioned family togetherness on New Year's Day.

(And the Christmas tree survived all the action!)

Caption unnecessary for this picture.

Favorite  new recipe for this holiday season...

Cinnamon Roll Coffeecake.

Monday was the end of all the partying and yesterday it was back to the books.  Hope your holidays were awesome, too~!