Thankful Thursday

It has been a while since I have posted any picture updates.  I am thankful to be able to do so now.  The winter has felt very long and the snow has kept us inside quite a lot.  After such a long time it is very likely that we could contract a common illness known as Cabin Fever.  It causes the people of the house to do strange things. 

For example below is a picture of Corilynn with her hair done up in pin curls ready for bed. The picture of the results is also below.  When you get bored you have to do something to entertain yourself.  I did pin curls all over her head and to prevent them from falling out over night I had to find some sort of cap.  Don't look too closely or else you might figure out that I most certainly did not use an extra new pair of those hospital underwear they give you after you have a baby.  :)   That would be most imprudent of me and besides Id have to use a leg hole over her head and then twist them around to use the other leg hole again.  It just wouldn't have been right to put underwear on my daughter's head so believe me when I say I didn't use them and they didn't work fabulous.

Also when you have cabin fever you are willing to let your daughter get into her play make up and are willing to skimp on the supervision a bit.  I'm just thankful that her coordination and taste should improve by the time she is old enough to wear real make up.  I hope.

I am thankful for the silly grins I get from this little girl when I catch her in the act of destroying my house.  She looks at me with those big blue eyes and those thumb-sucking buck teeth and I'm hopelessly lost.

I am thankful for giggly girls and pink pjs.

And most of all I am thankful for the bit of sunshine we received a few weeks ago that enabled us to venture out of our cave and encourage a little vitamin D restoration.  The kids had such a wonderful time rediscovering their back yard and bikes.  Ruby especially liked it as it seems the first time she has really had the mobility to walk around the yard.

This week our family was in germ warfare.  Andy and I got so sick.  Sicker than we have been in a long time.  I was first and then Andy came down with it too.  The kids ran wild through the house like jungle cats fending for themselves and loving every minute.  When I recovered and Andy didn't he went to the doctors and found he had strep throat.  Lovely.  Anyway I am thankful that we are all better and that the house can get back to normal a bit.  However - and pictures to come - Andy didn't shave for almost a week because of being ill and so I convinced him to shave but leave a goatee.  I think he looks handsome but we both don't want him to keep it.  He is however going to wait until just before church on Sunday to shave it so we can get the full effect.  Mustache March is here!