Another interruption

Well life is kinda' like that sometimes, isn't it? This latest interruption was brought to you by colds, MRSA, wii, co op and flat tires. In other words - craziness!

I can't even count how many times the kids have been sick in the last couple of weeks, but suffice it to say that someone is nearly always running a fever. I wonder what it's like in families with 6+ kids! Our latest illness involved Miss Sadey and a nasty case of MRSA. My poor baby had a boil on her hiney and couldn't even sit down for 2 days. She's much better now and the house has been thoroughly disinfected, we've all had nasal swabs and I'm thinking, hoping and praying that the superbug is out of the house. I know it can very easily pop up again, but we'll be uber careful.

A couple of months ago, we visited some new friends and the girls were so happy to get the opportunity to play with their American Girl dolls. My older two have been saving their money for almost 2 years so that they could buy dolls of their own (because Mom and Dad refuse to pay $100 for dolls). The play date was quite an eye-opening experience for my girls when they found out that American Girl dolls are just like all their other dolls - only more expensive. Ding ding ding ding!!!! So then the girls decided that they would rather pool their money and buy a wii instead. And being the fame addicts that their parents are, they were not dissuaded. So we've been having lots of fun playing the wii for the last few days. It can be pretty all-consuming, but great for those days when it's either rainy or too hot/buggy to be in the yard. I can see us getting a lot of use out of this game.

We started co op last Friday. It's been crazy, but it's also a lot of fun. Sadey is in my 3 year old preschool class. Thankfully I have 3-4 helpers or I would be pulling my hair out with 14 three year olds! Sydney is taking art, US geography and choir while Delaney is taking Spanish, ballet and choir. I had hoped both girls would also take science this year, but the timing just didn't work out with the rest of our schedule. Maybe next year.

As I was pulling out of the drive way to go to co op yesterday morning, I realized that my tire was flat. Upon closer examination we found that there were THREE flat tires. Apparently my children were playing with a board full of nails (I don't know - ask their dad!) and left it in the driveway for me to run over. Wasn't that nice of them? *ugh*

So that's what I've been up to lately. Fun stuff.