Sickies, snow, and Valentine's Day

Last week a cold spell came back to Tucson. Annie took the opportunity to steal Rachel's boots. It was so funny to see her trying to walk in them. Feet apart, waddling like a penguin.

Rachel had been sick over the weekend with a fever but no other symptoms, except a tummy ache when the fever would spike. Monday afternoon it started snowing, and since that happens so rarely in Tucson--maybe once a year--we bundled up and headed outside. The girls had fun trying to catch some snowflakes on their tongues. The snow only lasted a few minutes, then we were back inside to warm up and treat Rachel like a sickie that needed rest, not running around out in the cold.

That night Rachel and I, and a little later Annie, too, all decided we had to get rid of everything we'd eaten that day. Thank goodness for Jacob. He took care of the girls puking all night and let me lay in peace and throw up in peace throughout the night. By morning we were all exhausted, but our stomachs had calmed a bit, thankfully. We spent most of the day watching movies, or playing on the iPad. A true sick day for all. :)

At lunch time I got everyone some mild food, then went and put Annie and Ryan down for a nap. A little later I thought I ought to go check on Rachel. I walked through the house twice and couldn't find her anywhere and she didn't respond to me calling out to her. I kind of got a little worried there for a minute. Until I remembered hearing a sigh in the kitchen a little while before that I thought had come through the baby monitor. Turns out it was Rachel. She was too tired to finish her lunch, I guess.

 That made twice in 4 days that she had taken a nap, which she hasn't done since she was 3. That's when you know she's really sick. Luckily that was the last day of sickness for everyone for a while.

Valentine's day came and the girls were really excited to get cups that lit up and their own heart balloons.
 

The best thing, though, was Ryan's light spinner thing that he got. The girls loved playing with it, and whenever Ryan sees the lights he says "ooooooh." You can see his little lips puckering to say it in this picture:

 

And one more Ryan climbing picture. He's following in his sisters' footsteps realizing how fun this little table can be to climb and play on.