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Tuesday Sickies

Now 3/4 of us are sick. Thankfully Derek seems to have escaped it, at least so far. That's a good thing, since he is in charge of the turkey and stuffing. The plan is that he will prep a bunch overnight on Wednesday since he will be awake on his night off anyway. I should be doing stuff tonight as well, but barely pulled together a simple dinner of tacos and spanish rice. I'm aiming to get a good night's rest tonight and perhaps there will be a miraculous recovery tomorrow.

Oh, did I mention that I also have a big 5pm deadline for a work project tomorrow?

The kids were cranky when I got home tonight and Julia reported that they didn't nap very well. I suggested to them that we just snuggle on the couch before heading to the bedroom for stories and pj's. They couldn't have been happier to oblige! As I recently mentioned, we gave the kids a couple of old cell phones we dug up this weekend. Silas still can't get enough of them. I also found a Raggedy Ann doll that was mine when I was a little girl, so S&Z had quite the time getting to know her tonight following her "bath" in the washing machine. There were lots of doll hugs and kisses. R.A. also got plenty of drinks of milk :-)

Silas with his "new" phone

Zoe with her "new" doll


They are talking up a storm and are full of energy even when sick. I'm posting this one for the g-parents!

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