January is a tough month. The excitement of the holidays are over and the realization that it is dark by dinner and we are firmly in winter for the next few months can hit hard. We are living in a rental house until March so while packing and wiping the endless runny noses we are getting creative in a small space with most of our belongings packed! Matthew is quickly becoming a foodie! He gobbles up his meals as quickly as the other kids and bangs his fists and screeches for more...we are working on table manners:) Elizabeth is ever the little mother...she came with me to the hardware store with her list of scribbles and her "lady purse". The boys had an idea to make a giant slide with their mattresses down the stairs and after a brief weighing of the risk of breaking a bone versus the risk of their mother losing her mind after the 2nd straight week stuck at home with another sick child...they won.
