She had pneumonia, I read a book, Spring is coming

Remember this face?......................

If you can't see it in her eyes, baby girl was miserable, and this mama was worried.  But she seems to be recovering nicely, and even in the midst of being sick, she was still scrappy enough to do this.........

You can't keep this kid down!

 The day after she got the antibiotic shot, we could already tell a difference, because her eyes and nose actually weren't boogered shut when she woke up in the morning.  She's been steadily improving, on day 5 of oral antibiotics.  Probiotics are amazing by the way!  Use them.  You will be happy.

What else has been going on?

Madison is pressing forward with her kindergarten studies.  She is picking up reading so well and reading words that even surprise me at times. 

 

Austin continues his preschool learning.  I was starting to wonder what I was doing wrong a few months ago, but one day, during a friendly game of animal alphabet bingo, he started rattling off the names of all the letters, and I realized that maybe some of this stuff was sinking in after all.  Look at those "J"s!  Pretty impressive! 

When I knew that Kamdyn was really sick, and even if she didn't get worse (which she did), we were going to be stuck inside for a while, I popped into the library one day, ducked up to the Teen section (that's right, I'm cool like that), and grabbed first of the Twilight Saga books off the shelf.  I know what you're thinking, but don't judge.  I wasn't convinced either when my girlfriends kept telling me I had to read them.  I mean it's not like a group of my girlfriends and I get together and watch the Twilight movies together and then go the the midnight showings at the movie theater when they come out.  Oh wait, we did.  But like I said, don't judge.  A stay at home mom has to get her kicks somehow.  Don't worry, I'm not joining the fan club or taping Edward posters to my walls.  Anyway, so back to the books.  I read the first one in record time, and I was on a roll from there. 

I read all 4 books, the first three 500-600 pages each, and the last about 750 pages, in about a week.  You'd be surprised at the things you can do while reading a book:  while making dinner, while eating dinner, "Hey, kids! Wanna watch a movie!" (so  Mommy can read), playing at the playground, the possibilities are endless.  The kids actually cheered when I told them I was finished.  So I guess I can go back to reality now.  It gave me little escape from the end of winter that is hanging on and the lingering illnesses that have been over-staying their welcome.  Now, I am ready to squish this Winter up into a tight, smooth ball, and throw into the ocean as far as my strength can force.  And I might just get a chance to do that, since we're going on vacation to the beach at the end of the month. I'll let you know how that works out for me.  

A sky like this.................

promises that Spring is just around the corner.