This week we learned about getting sick!
For a very long time.
We had the throw-ups last weekend.
This week has been devoted to the worst cough and lungs.
We have not really left the house too much and we have tried to stay really quiet.
We did a couple of things this week but for the most part we skipped.
painting day
playing trains
When my kids are sick it is hard to get them to eat. The only thing they really love is butter bread.
So, we made a little butter. We poured heavy cream into a small mason jar, then shake, shake and shake it until....
It was butter!
We had lots of tea and butter bread.
And buttered popcorn!!
I also, shared this nice story I got from Suzanne Down's newsletter again.
Grandmother Winter sat high above the earth on her snow cloud home. She was busy knitting.
clickety click, clickety click, clickety clickety click,
Grandmother Winter sits and knits with her sticks,
Sits and knits with her sticks,
Knitting blankets of snow for the earth below.
clickety click, clickety click, clickety clickety click.
Down on the earth, snowdrops were already blooming under the snow, and the little
bulbs were just starting to wake up and peek their little heads above ground.
But as she sat knitting, she heard a loud roar, and looked down at the earth.
There she saw Old Man Winter stomping through the land bringing cold
everywhere he went.
"Oh dear," said Grandmother Winter, "this will never do. It will be too cold for the
little bulbs. I must hurry and finish my snow blanket!"
And she set to work faster....clickety click, clickety click clickety click, she sits and knits,
sits and knits, blankets of snow for the earth below! When at last she finished her
blanket she called out to her friend Brother Wind....
"Brother Wind, Brother Wind
Breeze and Blow,
Carry this blanket to the earth below."
Brother Wind heard her call and came whooosh, whooooosh, and he picked up the
snow blanket and carried it down down, down to the earth where he nestled each and
every little waking bulb in the blanket.
"Thank you Brother Wind," called out Grandmother Winter. "Now the bulb children will
keep warm until the warm spring sun wakes them up again.
As she looked down and saw that all was well in the earth kingdom she said, my work is
now done. My last blanket is finished and now it is time for me to rest.....until next winter.
And Grandmoter Winter put down her knitting needles and lay down for a long long sleep.
On earth, the little brown bulbs with their wee green caps lay cozy and warm in her snow
blanket. Soon enough they would begin to grow and grow into Spring.
The End.
clickety click, clickety click, clickety clickety click,
Grandmother Winter sits and knits with her sticks,
Sits and knits with her sticks,
Knitting blankets of snow for the earth below.
clickety click, clickety click, clickety clickety click.
Down on the earth, snowdrops were already blooming under the snow, and the little
bulbs were just starting to wake up and peek their little heads above ground.
But as she sat knitting, she heard a loud roar, and looked down at the earth.
There she saw Old Man Winter stomping through the land bringing cold
everywhere he went.
"Oh dear," said Grandmother Winter, "this will never do. It will be too cold for the
little bulbs. I must hurry and finish my snow blanket!"
And she set to work faster....clickety click, clickety click clickety click, she sits and knits,
sits and knits, blankets of snow for the earth below! When at last she finished her
blanket she called out to her friend Brother Wind....
"Brother Wind, Brother Wind
Breeze and Blow,
Carry this blanket to the earth below."
Brother Wind heard her call and came whooosh, whooooosh, and he picked up the
snow blanket and carried it down down, down to the earth where he nestled each and
every little waking bulb in the blanket.
"Thank you Brother Wind," called out Grandmother Winter. "Now the bulb children will
keep warm until the warm spring sun wakes them up again.
As she looked down and saw that all was well in the earth kingdom she said, my work is
now done. My last blanket is finished and now it is time for me to rest.....until next winter.
And Grandmoter Winter put down her knitting needles and lay down for a long long sleep.
On earth, the little brown bulbs with their wee green caps lay cozy and warm in her snow
blanket. Soon enough they would begin to grow and grow into Spring.
The End.
I thought this was a nice story to explain why there is still so much snow falling!!
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| rare smiles!! |
We had a hard week this week and this weekend is going to be very busy. It is the end of Matthew's hockey season. We still have him in some lessons to ease it a little. It still will be hard for him. He so much enjoyed every moment of hockey.
Next week is about Music and the start of the Lenten season
~until then...
Blessings
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