Friday Favorites

Hi Friends!  I ended up taking a longer blog break than I was expecting because we all got sick.  So sick.

1 stomach bug

4 fevers

canceled plans

1 trip to the ER

1 with strep and the flu

a few with the flu, aches, coughs and headaches

We've been limping along into the new year and are ready to be healthy again!

Our Christmas break wasn't as fun and exciting as we hoped, but we still had a good time together.  I did a lot of organizing and decluttering around the house.  It always feels so good to kick off the new year with a fresh, clean house.  We watched a lot of movies and snuggled a lot.  The best parts of our week were:

1. Smile

Poor Fletch.  He started feeling bad one morning.  That escalated to a fever and his face swelling.  Just his upper lip at first and then the swelling got way worse.  He took some naps.  Kevin ended up rushing in to the children's ER when we couldn't really get him to wake up from his nap.  It was terrifying.  I was so relieved to see him smiling in this picture and we got some answer to his day of crazy symptoms.  He had a combo of strep and the flu.  He had zero symptoms of strep - it was just an all around scary experience.  Thankfully, he's feeling much better now.

We kept a really close eye on him and he got the best care from everyone.

2. Cream Puffs

Olive wanted to make a dessert with me and she decided on my mom's cream puffs.  They turned out so pretty and so yummy!

3. Super Pretzels

I grabbed these for an easy lunch option over break and they're delicious!  They only need to bake for 4-5 minutes and we all liked them.

4. Bubble Rocket

Olive asked for a Bubble Rocket for Christmas.  It was amazing!  They've had a great time playing with it all break.

5. Cat Guy

Penny has always loved Fletcher and Pearl is warming up to him, too.

6. Find Mom.  Sit on Mom. has returned.

Almost every morning Leo would find me and sit on me.  I'd share "Find mom.  Sit on mom." pictures.  He just kind of quit doing it.  But he surprised me with some extra snuggles this week.

7. Smoothies

The kids love smoothies!  They'll eat them with anything in them as long as they are some shade of pink or red.  Two kids like berry smoothies and one prefers a peanut butter + banana + chocolate chip smoothie.

8. Safety first

Fletcher got a couple of new knives for Christmas.  One had his name engraved on it and had a special glass cutter tool.  He couldn't wait to try it out.

9. Cancelled Plans

We had to cancel our fun NYE plans with friends due to sickness.  My cute friend dropped off a party in a bag for us to make sure that we didn't miss out on the festivities.  It was so thoughtful of her because I didn't have anything for NYE because we weren't going to be home.  The kids loved all of the party gear.

10. Bonfire

Kevin killed two birds with one stone when he burned up our real Christmas tree and then put together a bonfire for the kids.  We always have s'more supplies so we roasted the tree and toasted some treats.

We didn't get to do all the things we wanted to do - lunch plans, errands, spending Christmas gift cards and seeing family and friends.  But we made the most of our days together.  The kids are all feeling better and Kevin and I are working on feeling better.

I hope to be back to my normal blog schedule next week!  Happy New Year!

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