Stir Crazy

It's been a long, cold winter. We are all starting to crave MORE--more sunshine (which we are starting to get), more outdoor time (not yet!), and more space. It hasn't helped that the children have been sick the past couple of weeks. Jake in particular is easily upset and Bentley is extra ornery--this is not a great combination.

So what do we do to relieve the crazies? Buy furniture! Okay, that's not a serious answer, although we have in the past two weeks purchased new furniture for three different rooms in the house. Well, if you count a double oven as furniture, make that four different rooms in the house. Cabin fever is a dangerous thing.

How do the children handle their winter confinement? They race around the house chasing each other. They jump on the new couches. (Some parents don't allow jumping on the furniture, but the couches are huge and the children are little; they can't possibly damage them.)


They compose music. They play indoor golf. Today they combined music and sports. Viva told her brothers to grab two hand bells each, so the trio could play a hand bell chorus. That's not so odd, but the boys continued to play soccer while playing hand bells. I'm not sure I could play soccer and hand bells at the same time. They did a fair job of both.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring?