Monday, Monday

Another day is done!  Thanks to a two hour delayed start for school this morning, my plans were shuffled and reconfigured, but thankfully I got everything done that I needed to do, and we all survived in one piece. Thank goodness!

The day started out a little rocky, with Grace waking up saying she was too tired to go to school, but after hearing her talk about waking up "ten times" during the night and not being able to go back to sleep, I decided to have pity on her and let her take mental health day.  {Because heaven knows I would have appreciated a day off after one of my sleepless nights last week.  Hahaha.}  She spent the day up in her room cross-stitching and listening to Harry Potter -- except for when I dragged her with me to the gym with Alex and Jane -- and even brought her lunch of a sandwich and snacks up to her room so she wouldn't have to come down.  Because everything got so pushed back with the delayed start, I ended up keeping Alex and Jane home from school, too, and they had a delightful time swinging an owl over the front hall railing for most of the morning.  Grace graciously showed Jane the best technique for hanging the stuffed animal, and it seriously provided more entertainment throughout the day than you would think!  Haha.

 In case you're wondering -- a rubber band around the neck with some yarn tied to it is the way to go!  Hahaha.

Other highlights of the day included buying more yarn for making pom poms to decorate for Valentine's Day and the Family Room actually being cleaned for chores for the first time in over a week.  Hahaha.  But seriously, though.  When Ethan got home from Magic Club after school, he was so excited that he made a beeline for the new yarn, because believe me when I say my kids LOVE to wind up some yarn balls.  Hahaha.  And for whatever reason, they are all REALLY digging the pom pom making.  There IS something rather therapeutic about it... :)

To wrap things up here, I'm hoping this week will be better than the last one!  I've finally kicked that head cold, and Jane has actually stayed in her bed all night long for the last couple of nights, so things are already looking up!

{In a totally unrelated tangent, Jane was our sleeper hit in a family game of Pictionary last weekend!  I was teamed up with her against Team-Scott-and-Ethan and Team-Sophie-and-Grace, and figured we'd totally be in last place (which was fine), but she shocked us all with actually being a REALLY good draw-er! Hahaha.  How perfect are these pictures??}