sickies Thursday

Skylar and I met Sarah at the mall this morning. Skylar had taken some Advil Cold & Sinus because she wasn't feeling great. By the time we left the mall, Skylar was shivering. It was cold, so I wasn't sure if she had chills or if she was just cold.

We came back to the house and she fell asleep. Before she fell asleep she told me her head hurt. I gave her some Ibuprofen. She slept for two and a half hours. She woke up when she flung off the blankets. I took her temperature. It was 102.6

Um, I'm not a mom, but I know that's high.

We dug through the cupboard and found some acetaminophen and gave her one of those to break her fever. She had some yogurt and is still awake.

Fortunately we didn't have anything else planned today. Dinner tonight is steaks and risotto. We'll see if she's feeling better by then.

Art Wednesday

Skylar and I went to the Grand Rapids Art Museum this morning, aka the GRAM.
I had never been to this museum and Skylar and I both like art. The admission was reasonable, so it made sense that we check it out.

This is one of the views looking out of the museum.

These are on the stairs going up to the third floor.

We had fun.

This afternoon Skylar took the iPad and took some interesting pictures of herself. Then she went outside in the flower gardens and took some photos out there.

Tuesdays and Thunderstorms

This morning I woke up to thunder and lightning. Atticus slunk around the house, depressed that he couldn't go outside. Skylar and I braved the rain and went to Meijer. By the time we left, there was blue sky off to the west.

We decorated paper bags and delivered them to Kids Food Basket. What a great organization!

Then we walked over to Ken's Fruit Market. By then it was sunny and much warmer.

For dinner we had Alfredo, chicken and Caesar salad.

Now we're going to watch a movie.

Another Spring Break with Skylar!

As you know, Skylar is here visiting again during her Spring Break.

Today, we went to Meijer Gardens with my friend Nancy.

We were all wearing fleece zip-ups and so we had to take a picture of that.

Here's one of the many, many butterflies that were out and about. We got there early, a very wise decision on our part, and so not only was the place not crowded but the butterflies were everywhere!

But my camera battery wasn't charged (I spent the weekend taking pictures of the new nephew...) so I didn't get as many as Nancy. But she promises she'll share. In the meantime here are the pictures I took that are good enough to make the blog!

This is a Clear Wing butterfly. It was in the butterfly house, so the plexi-glass is reflecting the tropical plants behind me. It turned out to be a pretty neat photo!

Butterflies just chillin'.

Skylar and Aunt Em.

Skylar wanted a picture of the Quail that also live in the Conservatory.

This is not a screen saver. This is a picture I took of the flowers out in the English Garden. I'm pretty proud of it. I'm guessing they're a type of Daffodil. Anyone know?

And here are the beautiful Hyacinths.

the other binkie I made

Here's the blankie I made for my sister's new baby, who we now know is a boy!! I totally forgot to include these photos yesterday when I blogged. That gives me a post for today!!

I tried to get a good picture in natural light.
I hope Cyndi doesn't mind that I post this picture?!

Spencer is set on blankies, he received five at the shower yesterday! All were handmade. One was a quilt, the other four were crocheted. And all were beautiful.