sickness and snowmen

i have to confess that at first i wasn't happy about not having another snow day on friday.  it was so cold, and there was still quite a bit of snow and ice on the roads.  but once i got to school, i realized the roads weren't bad at all outside of the residential streets.  i'll be thankful in the spring when we have days left over and have good friday off!

spencer stayed home on friday because he was running fever.  colby was finally fever-free so he got to go back to school.  they both felt terrible on thursday, so they didn't even go out and play in the snow.  when we got home from school colby asked if i would play out in the snow with him since spencer was sick.  i really don't like playing in snow.  it's cold and wet, and then i'm cold and wet!  it takes me forever to thaw out!

but i felt sorry for colby because he'd been cooped up all week with sickness, so i agreed to make mini-snowmen with him.  i knew i wouldn't last long enough to make a regular-size snowman!  it turns out, i outlasted him!  i had so much fun making these little guys and decorating them with leftover scrapbook supplies!

this is the first one i made.  i thought he was so adorable until i made my second one!

smudge and spencer were watching us from the front door.  it wasn't long before they both joined us!  colby and smudge didn't last long after this picture.  they were both cold and went in the house.

this is my second mini snowman.  he is so stinkin' cute (in my opinion)!!!  i even took some branches off some tree in our yard to make a little scene around him!  and then we had a little photo shoot while spencer worked on his snowman.

this is colby's little snowman.  like i said, he got cold and went inside.  that's why this one has minimal decorations!

and this is spencer's snowman!  he used the carrot nose as a hat!  cute idea!

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mini snowman family

friday night we spent plopped in front of the tv watching america's funniest videos.  i was wrapped up in a couple of blankets still trying to thaw out from building snowmen!  one of the videos showed a woman with a stocking on her head. the boys thought it was hilarious and wanted to try it out for themselves....why not?

 colby....up

colby...down

spencer....i nearly wet myself because i was laughing so hard at spencer!

and then i thought....i wonder what i would look like!  i'd never put a stocking on my head before so why not join them?  by the way, if you've never done this, live a little!  go get a stocking, put it on your head and take a picture!  i promise you'll laugh!

yesterday daryl and i went to lunch and did our weekly wal-mart trip.  ahhhh date-time!  i will take what i can get.  shortly after we got home, the boys crashed again!  both started running fever again.  ugh.  i thought colby was over this!

i worked the rest of the day trying to figure out how to knit a sock!  i found a sock pattern that said it was for beginners, and just started knitting.  i lost count of how many times i had to pull out the stitches and start all over again.  very irritating!  but i am determined to knit a pair of socks this year!  i will not let double-pointed needles defeat me!

last night/early this morning, my sock finally started taking shape....the shape of a sock!  woo hoo!

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it's a sock!

so today i stayed home from church since i have 2 sick little boys.  after they had lunch they both perked up and the next thing i knew there was a nerf war going on around me!  they were running around the house, laughing and shooting each other with nerf darts.  i thought maybe they are finally feeling better, so i went to a ladies' meeting at church for a little bit.   when i got home they were both snuggled under blankets and running a fever!!!!

in case you're wondering, smudge has felt just fine.  in fact he kept himself busy today.

he reorganized my yarn in studio A. (someone used studio A as their 'base' during the nerf war and smudge got in. argh!)

and then he redecorated my bathroom!

between my two sick children and one varmint puppy, i may need a mental health day for me!!!!

quote of the day:  "snowmen fall from heaven unassembled." ~unknown