Sick Days

I really really felt like spending the morning in bed and not getting up until noon this fine freezing cold day.... but a certain young man lying in bed next to me just wouldn't let me. :D

Every time I opened my eyes just a little peek to check on him he'd give me THIS look...

I know you're looking at me Mom. You're gonna get up and play with me aren't you?!?!

How could I possible resist that!

And so I did ...and then the next one wakes up and the party is on. :)

With a grande entrance onto the bed to join us, and an "accidental" foot to the head for Elliott, Miss Kate arrives on the scene.

After kisses of apology are handed out to Elliott

I leave my two little angels to use the bathroom, mentally telling myself that the quicker I can get in and get out the less chance there is of finding a hollering baby or some great disaster to clean up upon return. I'm forever straining my ears to hear any clue as to what might be happening out there. The sound of feet pattering into another room than the current one I left them in is never a good sign, and my mind immediatly begins racing through anything left in reach of disaster in that particular room.

But they just looked happily content today so I thought I had a few minutes of time to myself.

WELL...

I guess I was not quick enough this morning...

cause this is what I found upon my return.

She got into the brown and white sugar bins and stirred a little bit of one into the other just for kicks. Ate alot of brown sugar and made sure to spill plenty all over her PJs and then found a mini chocolate chip bag in the back of the cupboard, which she promptly opened and emptied onto the kitchen floor. The party had officially moved from the bed to the kitchen floor, apparently. :) She was lovin' a healthy breakfast of all-you-can-eat chocolate chips and 2 sides of sugar. That girl moves so fast when she wants to!!! :)

THE LESSON SHE TAUGHT ME AFTERWARDS:

After we fail in doing the right thing...the best thing to do is go and spend some time in the WORD OF GOD.

A short time after I had found her in the previous picture, she was doing this...

Singing in the rocking chair.

Soon that evoloved into looking up verses...

Checking out cross-references...

And then looking it up in the New Translation for further contemplation and meditation.

I can only hope some good came of it. :D

THE PERFORMANCE

(the Christopher Robin outfit was her own doing)

It was another long day in the house of Miss Kate. The house was still filled with the sounds of coughing, snuffling, wheezing and sneezing, and it was going on 6 days since those dreadful sounds had first come to visit. The day seemed to stretch out before Miss Kate as a long and dreary time to pass before another bedtime would come and go.

She stood starring gloomily at her only playmate who was feeling just as miserable as she, so could hardily be considered a great playmate just then.

Ho hum. What to do?

She wanted to feel happy. NOT gloomy.

Suddenly she had and idea...

"Elliott, I've thought of just the thing to cheer us up!" She declared

"Now you just watch what I'm about to do and see if it doesn't brighten up your spirits!"

And with that, she promptly danced a little jig all around the living room. :)

Filled with hoppin' and jumpin' and heel-to-toein' !

When she was finished she stood before Mr. Elliott and inquired of him, "Well, did I brighten your day Sir?".

And this was his reply...

THE END. :)

Happy day to you all! :) And get better soon if your sick! :) HUGS :)