Another spring break has come and gone.  Although the weather was not the best, it was still a nice week.  Stayed pretty low key.

We did celebrate Jacob's 9th birthday.  (Not sure why I did not get a picture of him on his bday)

He insisted on having his best friend come over while he opened his family gifts.  He also wanted mac-n-cheese, which was easy for me.  The week before spring break, we baked some cupcakes and took to his classroom, so they could celebrate with him.

Because some of his friends were going to be gone over spring break, we decided to do his friend bday party this coming Saturday.  He has invited 11 3rd graders!  Yikes.  We are meeting at the elementary school and we will spend an hour playing football, soccer, etc.  Then walk back to our house for cake and ice cream.  Looks like the weather is gonna be nice.  A lot of the boys that are coming have gotten in trouble at school because they play too rough at recess.  Hoping for no injuries during my watch.

For the first time, the flu has descended upon our home.  Joseph tested positive for Influenza A on Monday.  He went to bed Saturday evening with a fever and it almost reached 105.  He is hit and miss on taking tylenol and he has flat our refused Tamiflu, which the doctor prescribed.  A friend of mine brought some 32 oz Gatorades by the house on Sunday.  He has yet to finish one of them, much to the dismay of his brothers ~ it drives them nuts to see Gatorade just sitting around.  I was concerned about dehydration, but he seems to be keeping it at bay.  Today he did not wake up until 3:30 pm and only got out of bed one time.  Fortunately, his biggest issue is a fever and lethargic!  So, I have cleared the rest of the week's schedule and plan on hanging at home with him.

Benjamin is skiing tomorrow with the homeschool group.  Then after skiing and school for Jacob, both boys have AWANA.  So Joseph and I will just hang out in bed for 12 hours!  Looking forward to doing lots of reading.