Unexpected Week
This week did not go as expected in more ways than one. On Tuesday, the whole state was shut down in anticipation of a great and terrible blizzard. My youngest developed a cough and runny nose early in the day. "Mommy, my nose coming out," is what she says to me when she needs me to wipe it. Later in the day, she developed a fever. We kept the fire raging all day Tuesday. We didn't get anywhere near as much snow as was predicted. The older girls were healthy, so they begged to play in the backyard for a while. My oldest has learned how to make hot chocolate and tea for herself and her sisters using the Keurig. She will often do school work at the table while she sips something, finally old enough to do both things at the same time and keep from spilling anything on her books, just another way that I see she is growing up. Since my youngest daughter was sick, I had to find coverage for my fitness classes on Wednesday. As the week went on and my d