Well, this dang old head and chest cold that the kids started with last week decided to claim Corey and I as victims as well. Oh joy. We have all been a mostly intolerable bunch without much energy to do anything more than gripe at each other. There have been some good moments, but unfortunately, they deteriorate all too quickly. Bummer.
It snowed a ton this weekend, so we were pretty much homebound the entire time. Yay! Just what we wanted after a week+ of illness! Thanks Mother Nature! (Yes, that was said with much facetiousness.)
Anyhow, we braved the blizzard first thing Saturday morning to grab a few groceries. While there, we picked up new Spiderman plate, bowl, and cup sets for the boys. They had their choice of Spiderman, Sponge Bob, Mickey Mouse, Cars, or Dora; and they both quickly and certainly made their choice yelling "Spiderman!" in gruff gravelly voices. I have no idea where that came from, but their sound reminds me a little bit of Christian Bale's Batman voice. Interesting.
So, from there we headed back home and that is where we remained until Monday morning. The weekend was pretty much filled with cooking and eating. The boys were great helpers as usual. All of the cooking was basically a big science experiment as we discussed textures and chemical reactions as well as cause and effect. First, we made homemade chicken noodle soup. (I typically make chicken salad along with this, just as my mom always did ... but, little Riley and Gage loved the boiled chicken so much they didn't leave enough for chicken salad. Seriously, they ate both drumsticks and about the equivalent of a whole breast!) Next we made dinner rolls from scratch. This was probably the most fun. The boys got a kick out of punching and rolling the dough. However, they were quite impatient waiting for the dough to rise. They thought they could just stand there and watch it. That's obviously not the way it works, so mom had to come up with another project in the meantime. I spied some bananas that were well on their way past their prime, so we started mashing them up for banana muffins. Actually, I think that may have been the most fun part. The slimy mashing elicited numerous excited eeewwwws and pooeys! But, there were no complaints once they came out of the oven. Yum! There were several other little concoctions that we created along the way, but by the time Sunday afternoon rolled around, Riley must have been tired of cooking. I say this because he saw a Pizza Hut commercial on TV and promptly announced, "I want that guy to bring pizza to my house!" Corey and I having had our fill of clean-up, graciously agreed. The boys were so excited they clapped and cheered, "Yay, Pizza!" when the delivery guy arrived at our door. Too cute = )
Well, that pretty much sums up our weekend. We're still all sick, but I think we are on the upswing. Hopefully the next post will be much more fun and include some cute pictures. I did take some along the way this week/weekend, but everyone is dopey-eyed and snot-nosed in every one, so I'll save you from that not-so-lovely sight. Pray for health = )
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