Pretty Terrible, but Kind of Great

Just a quick post to let you know that there's not too much to report for the week. Beginning last Friday night, an illness swept through our house starting with Anthony, passed on to Colin, and now it has hit Anna. So far I'm the only one who's been spared (so far). We actually got a decent amount of school done considering the circumstances. Had Colin been in traditional school, he would have had to miss all week so I feel like we came out ahead even though we didn't get as much done as usual. Fortunately, our Fire Station trip was rescheduled for next Friday due to bad weather and an emergency the fire fighters needed to attend to.

The good news in all this is that we actually had a pretty good week. We spend A LOT of time together and, in circumstances where we could have easily fallen into irritability and short tempers, we actually all got along pretty well and even had some fun. On Friday night, I felt overwhelmed with joy at the love we have in this house and how much we are able to enjoy each other -- in sickness and in health. That's why this week was pretty terrible, but kind of great.

Please pray that Anna recovers quickly and that I don't get sick. As draining as it can be to tend to a sick family, I would still MUCH rather be the nurse than the patient.

Here's the pic of the week:We've been talking a bit about Ancient Egypt as part of CC and Colin has developed an interest in mummies. We decided to act out the mummification process -- subtracting the removal of organs and the pulling out the brain though the nose with a hook (that part grossed Colin out so badly he didn't even want me to pretend to do it). Anna helped me wrap him up.