Leaf Girl

This illness is being ridiculous. I thought we were pretty much over it and then suddenly Neely and Cason, who both seemed to have been sick and gotten better, are sick again. They get a fever, it goes away, it comes back. Lame. In the last 2 days there were 3 times that Neely has coughed so hard while trying to nurse, she ended up puking all over both of us.

But Paige seems to REALLY be better now. And Cason and Neely still feel well enough to be up and playing. One of my New Years resolutions is to spend at LEAST 15 minutes outside every day this year. We're always happiest outside, but sometimes too lazy to get out there to begin with. If I tell myself to at least get out there, I think we'll probably end up spending a lot more than 15 minutes. So far, we've stuck to it, even though we're sick. The fresh air feels so nice after a week-long quarantine, especially since it was close to 70 degrees today. We emerged from our cave like a bunch of troglodytes, blinking in the brightness of the sun. Ha.
Cason insisted on bringing his robot bedspread.
And we had a mini berry muffin picnic.
Paige saw a little girl and her brother, and she introduced herself. She found out the girl's name was Abbie. So when she walked by again, all the kids (and Gia) had to talk to her. Neely kept standing on her tiptoes and yelling "HI!"
Then they played "Leaf Girl". Paige was the leaf girl who lived inside the bushes, and was helping Cason find his lost ball.