spaghetti made from squash and what we feel like around here.



smiles from this cutie pie have been few and far between
this last week
we're a bunch of sickies over here
a lot of "downtime" has been had.....
and I can't say that's been bad
sure, the sickness (me included) has been no fun
but the extra time just chillin with the kiddos has been snuggly



Justin captured this candid moment with Matthias and me
I was looking at some school papers for his big brothers
and he just helped himself to my lap and curled his little self around me
LOVE

I've loved the extra moments we've had to just chill....
(what else do you do when even the tv gets boring
and not even your energetic children can get off the couch
to do anything?!)
there's been a lot of chillin


a lot of meds
a lot of OJ
a lot of vitamins
a lot of extra pj wearing
a lot of cuddles and kisses
a lot of tissues
a lot of "you're going to get better soon"
a lot of my prayers going like this:
"help, please Jesus!"
{as I peel my weary self off the couch to meet needs...}

my fav conversation came this morning
as we missed church for the second Sunday in a row.....
I attempted to hold a church service of my own for my children
complete with a few moments of Charles Stanley on tv
{it's okay.  Justin laughed at me, too
given the audience was our 8, 5, 4 and 1.5 year olds!}

and spent time memorizing our new family Bible verse
{Jeremiah 29:11}


and spent time talking about heaven.
no more sickness there!
woot.  woot.


everything new.
some of my fav 'new things' the boys wish for in heaven:
Jon:  new sports
Caleb:  new liquids!
{I'm guessing they're talking about liquids at school. 
he's been pretty fascinated lately}
Matthias:  new socks that say M-A-T-T
{he was wearing his brothers socks today
because most of his have holes
and he needs, yet again, some new ones to wear out!}
Jon was pretty excited for me
that there's probably going to be new coffee in heaven, too


bring on heaven.

we didn't actually stay inside every minute of this last week
the boys school had their costume parade.
caleb called himself the 'oh no' doctor
"you know, the one who gives shots all the time"
{ooooh.  scary!}

{Luuuuke.  I am your father.}
this is precisely why Justin wouldn't allow me 
to give one of our boys this name (though I loved the name Luke)
Jonathan rocks both the Vader suit and the shoes with bright orange laces
classic costume meets third grade

we cheered on our parade participants
and then the youngers and I headed to the school library
for our own little party
complete with goldfish crackers and McDonalds orange drink
and spider-themed bookmarks to color

what does dinner look like when you feel like
youknowwhat?
throw a spaghetti squash in the crock
rock it for 5ish hours on low
(I turned it a couple of times)
cut it in half, remove seeds
and use a fork to remove the 'noodles' that magically appear
top with a jar of spaghetti sauce
and you could call it dinner


{or overachieve like I did
by baking some refridgerator biscuits
sprinkling them with parmesan cheese for 'breadsticks'
and then boil up some pasta to add to the squash for those
who think noodles should really be 'noodles'
partypoopers.
oh, and I think I microwaved up some edamame, too
cause even though I give my kids poptarts
I really value nutrition.}


and that's us.
sickies.
lounging on couches
try not to be jealous, k?