Its so fun to be a Mom!

Rylee has been sick. She is not any fun when she is sick. Everyone else in the family is actually easier to have around when they are sick. But not Rylee. She is whiny, fussy and miserable. She refuses to be content unless I an holding her. And not just holding her. I must be standing up and swaying. Yet even that is not always enough to help her feel better. She will only fall asleep like this as well. And she will cough and wake herself up, or she'll cough and choke on her phlegm and puke. Its not much fun to be her right now. It's not a lot of fun for me either, I have to admit.

This is the sad, sad snot factory. She is oozing from her nose and eyes, and she's so gross.

Isn't she icky?! Poor kid. I did take her to the doctor today and she has conjunctivitis and a viral cold. We now have eye drops to torture her with. Isn't she pathetic?

Even though Rylee is not having a good time right now, it doesn't mean the rest of us can't enjoy life! So this week I went out and got a pool pass to the base pool. We have been twice this week and I hope to go again this weekend. I want the kids all prepped for our Florida vacation!

Here's Callie, getting all ready. She was so excited to try out her fins. She mainly used them as feet-extenders to get her head up higher.

Joshua had a marvelous time. I let him bring his friend, you can see him there, and Marian too.

I love a happy Marian!

The pool had these very cold showers and the kids loved them. Delaney was such a hoot!

She just cracked me up as she jumped up and down in this freezing spray of water, giggling like a loon!

And the kids are so fun sometimes. Today I was herding them out to the car and Marian shouted, "I'm coming!" and I saw this:
Yep, she had hopped on Delaney's trike and was pedaling as fast as she could down the drive, around the van and then she tipped over in the grass. and hopped in the car.

She let me snap another picture of her in the car. Such a funny girl!

I got this lovely pink flower for the purpose of making it into a hair accessory, but the girls have been having waaaay too much fun "swabbing" each other with it. Swabbing seems to mean tickling gently an then not-so gently. Delaney was having a lot grand time with it here.

And before I end, I must show Delaney's cute hair today. The doctor even commented on it. Yeah, I look like a great mom today!