Magic and Mayhem

I’m finally over my killer virus. The good news is that Victoria was only sick for about an hour (literally!), Annalee was sick for a day but only threw up once and had a headache for a short time, Alex barely registered an illness at all and Jack avoided it completely.

I am a huge believer in boosting kids’ immune systems with wholesome food and healthy living, and it seems to pay off. When the kids do get sick they bounce back so fast you generally can’t even tell they’ve been sick. Now me, on the other hand…. I guess that says a lot about how much healthy living mama has going on!

While I was sick Daryl did Pirate Grammar pages he bought from a lady online. The kids enjoyed it, although Victoria pointed out that it was just weird talking “pirate” with correct grammar! Daryl found some small errors in the pages and discussed those with the kids, so they inadvertently learned a little extra. Daryl also gave Anna a newspaper and a pen and asked her to circle examples of the punctuation rules they’d been talking about (like where to put commas in dates). She enjoyed that a lot.

We had planned to go maple syrup tapping this morning and then take part in a pancake breakfast feast with real maple syrup at a nearby nature center. We’ll have to see how everybody is feeling. I think Daryl is exhausted from taking care of me and the kids but hopefully he won’t get sick too.

Next post– homeschooling, I promise!