Germ Invasion

I'm generally pretty good at diagnosing a sick child.  None of us get sick often, and when Kayla was complaining of a sore throat (with white spots) I knew she had strep. Trying to find a pharmacy clinic without a 2 hour wait during flu season is basically impossible.  We stumbled across one that could see her in 45 minutes so off Marc went to get her checked out.  I was wrong. No strep. The flu. Ugh.

We had already been on the elderberry bandwagon once kids started dropping like flies at school. Our kitchen counter was covered in medicine, and I made everyone take the elderberry daily.  They weren't happy about it.

But after just a couple of days this one was feeling MUCH better.  She was still pretty tired and slept a lot, but I know the elderberry is what helped keep her case of the flu pretty mild. And thankfully no one in the house caught it.  I'd call that a success!

February House Updates

Marc thought we could clean up this pile ourselves and sort through firewood and burn pile. After 30 minutes of hard work he changed his mind and called for a dumpster.

It rained in February.

A lot.

So we were working in a mud pit - when we could work. Most days were too rainy or wet to get anything done at the site, so we got pushed back in our schedule.

 

 So rain and mud are what basically sum up this month of construction.

February in Georgia

5th Grade 50's Day

 

 

Sweet Sister Time

 

It wouldn't be winter in Georgia without a few warm days sprinkled in.  Warm enough for water play in our bathing suits.

Warm enough for washing cars. 

Warm enough for eating ice-cream outside.

We had one day to complete the egg drop project.  It just so happened that Marc was out of town for that one day. I can handle science projects just fine, but Marc likes to help with them, so I tend to pass them off. There was no time to go and shop for materials to protect the egg, so we worked with what we had at home.  Project was successful! The egg did not break!