From the Homefront...

I always worry I'm posting too much about my personal life, my kids, etc. But sure enough, a few days without a report and I'm getting emails asking how they all are! :) As long as you asked... we're sick, again!! I swear the cold/flu season is kicking our behinds this year.. this time it's my sweet middle child who's stricken with the annoying "nothing but a high fever and body aches, not enough to keep them quiet and in bed but enough to make them too sick for school so they can stay home and drive you crazy" virus. (yes, I'm pretty sure that's the official medical terminology).

So as we're all waiting on her every need, she, the classic middle child searching for attention wherever she can get it, is milking it for every moment possible. Here's an excerpt from our conversation this afternoon, on the way home from carpool pickup for the other girls.

Invalid child: "Mommy, I feel terrible."

Me: "I know, sweetie, I'm so sorry."

Invalid child: "I'm just so hot. It's like, my whole body is radiating."

Me: (impressed at my 6 year old's choice of words) "I'm sorry, honey. But that was a really great vocabulary word!"

Oldest child: (not one to be outdone, no matter what the contest) "What did she say?"

Me: "She said she was radiating!"

Oldest: (clearly impressed, no hiding it no matter how much she would like to) "Wow."

Invalid child: (loving every second of this admiration, ready to up the ante) "Yeah, I am. And I'm abbreviated too."

:)

Sooo genius she is not. But my dear, sweet, radiating, abbreviated child is on the mend now, which is a good thing for everyone!

Have a wonderful Wednesday! Here's a parting shot of me & my sweet girl.. on a much healthier day of course!

p.s. don't forget to see the post below about the expanded minis.. they are going fast! :)