Where are you spring?

Apparently not here yet....although the girls and I are determined to go for a walk today around our dirty, gravelly, muddy neighborhood :)

I may even open the windows just a tiny bit.

I have been busy this morning, instead of taking the girls to church, I have been scrubbing everything that can be scrubbed. Dave has been quarantined (sp) to the basement since yesterday. He has the dreaded "influenza B". We around here atleast are treating it like the measles or worse. :) Anyway, I get to pick up my Tamiflu here in a couple hours eventhough who knows if that will help if I "get it." The girls are good still and know that they can't go downstairs to see daddy!

It will be a miracle if none of us get it but we are praying none the less!! Emma just about freaked out last week when she missed ONE day of school....I can't even imagine dealing with her missing more than one.

Anyway, Emma came home Thursday from school with the cutest little black eye. I should have taken a picture of it two days ago when it was prettier but oh well....we've got other things going. I asked her what happened and she said there was "this boy" who was doing hopscotch and she wanted it to be her turn. So, she tried to do it too and they collided heads. Who knew that hopscotch was a contact sport? She says he did it "on purpose" so we had a little discussion about how it probably was an accident. It was swollen and pretty bruised that day so I asked her if she cried and she said, "well, I turned a little red but I didn't cry" wow, good for you! She didn't tell the teacher cause that would have meant she would have had to go to the nurse's office and she was scared that she would be sent home. :) This picture isn't good but you can kind of see the fading bruise. :) (it seems to just "go" with her personality and maybe that's why I find it cute.)

Other than the battle against the germs we are all good. Emma just came in and grabbed the Lysol spray and wipes. I've never seen a kid so excited to get to "clean" by herself. I guess it's the joy of spraying stuff. Whatever works I guess.

We are definately planning to be healthy by the first week of March to see Kelly, Maggie and hopefully Grandma!