Under the weather

The winter days have been long, cold, and mostly we have stayed tucked inside keeping to our normal routine. Yet, this week, sickness has visited the young ones. The girls have needed extra snuggle time on the couch... cozied under the afghans with occasional books and intermittent dozing at odd times of the day. These are the days in which juice is allowed outside of the breakfast hour, and anytime hunger is expressed, it is indulged- if even it is only a nibble. Faces are a bit pale yet cheeks are flushed, eyes a bit glazed with fever... and there is a never ending search for something to wipe that little drippy nose.
I am thankful for our health. This is our first bought of any sickness since at least November. And, this, too, shall pass.