Flu

ugh.
no fun.
Big Daddy has been dragging himself to work all week, feeling terrible. Moops spiked a fever of 103+ a couple of times. It hit me Wednesday night. Little Miss has a bit of a cough today...
Luckily, though, KK and E-Man aren't sick. They've been so helpful this week; cooking, walking the dogs, feeding and watering the ducks.
The poor ducks, their water bowls were completely frozen this morning! 19 degrees.
brrrrrr

What E-Man is reading

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

I'm so glad he decided to read something other than Hank the Cowdog. As soon as he read the first one, E-Man's plan was to read through all the Hank books (there are 48!).

Oh.

My.

Now don't get me wrong, I like Hank and all, he's a good dog - and funny, too. But there's a lot of great children's literature out there just waiting to be read. Variety is the spice of life, 'eh?

Don't worry Hank, we'll get to #3 It's a Dog's Life soon.

News Flash!

The countdown has begun!

Our current read-aloud

The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. We're enjoying this story about Ranofer, a young Egyptian boy, who uncovers a terrible secret about his half-brother.
Well...
I should say we're enjoying every third or fourth word of this story. That's about all that can be heard over the babbling and squeeeeeeling of a certain 18 month-old. Yes, read-aloud time takes on a whole new meaning with a toddler in the house. Maybe I should start calling it read-LOUD time.