Josephine Is Sick

Last night Josephine came down with a fever of 103, and so she couldn't go to school today. I still took care of Ryan, Eden, and Ria, and Josephine was in quarantine in her bedroom (with a portable DVD player to make it easier for her). She did extremely well, though did say over and over that she wanted to come out to play. The other kids seemed to miss her just as much and sent in love letters and small handmade presents to her. Very sweet.

Eden and Ryan cooked the spaghetti that they had made the day before.

It turned out great . . . looked, and tasted, just like real spaghetti!

Things were very quiet as they enjoyed the fruits of their labor.

Even Ria was pleased with the pasta.

Eden held out some noodles to Ria who eagerly ate them up.

After lunch we actually watched television . . . gasp! No, television is not a regular event at my house, but the night before, I had watched and recorded an episode of Good Eats with Alton Brown (great show--scientific explanations of cooking) on which he had made . . . pasta!!! We watched as he explained all about gluten and then showed the process for making handmade pasta, just like we had done the day before.

Ah, a rare photo of me (and Ria)! Eden asked for the camera and took a photo of us.

Later on Ryan got to try out the electric griddle.

Eden and Ryan experimented quite a bit with the electric griddle and the crayons, melting the crayons, making huge puddles of wax, and rolling unmelted crayons in the warm wax. When they were done, the paper had stuck to the newspaper beneath, and the result is actually quite stunning . . . something you may see in a modern museum.

Towards the end of the afternoon Eden and Ryan enjoyed board games. Here they are playing Race to the Roof.