I got the flu. Luckily it wasn't the really super bad one that is sending people to the hospital. It's just the one that keeps you home from church and buys you a ticket to spend the entire day in bed.
I love that kind of flu. It's my favorite.
Long story short, I had 6 delicious hours in a quiet house.
I may have watched an entire season of Project Runway.
Mark even put in a yummy pot roast before he left for church. And rolls.
After dinner, he had a couple meetings he had to go to. No prob. I'll just break up any fights and let the kids do their own thing.
Then Laney came up to me and asked if she could practice sewing. I figured I'd give her a needle and a thread and let her loose on a scrap of felt. I must have been out of my mind with illness because it didn't occur to me that that would lead to Anna and then Everly wanting a needle and a thread too. Which naturally led to getting out the big basket of felt and the buttons and sewing knickknacks and before you know it, I was guiding them through sewing their own stuffed animals.
Sometimes kids just force you into being a good parent one little request at a time. I'm glad I sat up and spent the time with them. They are such cuties!
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