Anna shows off her new library card

There has been a lot of sickness floating around the school and Anna came down with a bad cough on Wednesday morning. She didn’t feel that had but we decided to keep her home from school for the rest of the week. And she missed ski team this weekend.

On a positive note Marcy and Anna used the time to go to the library and get Anna her very own library card. She was SO excited about this. She took out three books and since she had a lot of time on her hands she read them all in one day.

Early in the week Anna tried out stilts at school

Jude managed to stay well although he complained of a bit of a sore throat. So far, this school year he has not missed a day of school for illness.

We had some snow on Saturday and it was a bitterly cold day. I had to go to work to get caught up on some things and the kids spent most of the day at home. Jude worked on his school project on the state of Mississippi. We spent a bit of time watching the Olympics and we saw the USA get their first gold medal in the snowboarding.

Cheering on the US team as we watch the Olympics

Today was a bit warmer and sunny which was nice. Jude had a birthday party downtown and then we went to our neighbor’s guitar recital which coincidentally was at the Waldorf School. Jude had a short kick of the soccer ball in the backyard but for the most part we stayed inside.

Catching a little outside time on this cold weekend

Finally, the kids bought these tiny little Pacman games out of their own money. They played with them obsessively for a couple of days and now the novelty looks like it has worn off. Below is a picture of Anna with her new game sitting in a special chair.

Anna sitting on the chair that was made for her grandma (Baba) when she was a little girl