Where are you Spring?

Another week has gone by, with more sickness and I am getting stir crazy.  I am ready for some warmer weather.  While it is in fact warmer than it has been (today low 28 and high 46) it just is still cold.  We don't go outside to play. We could and should probably start...but we still are getting very bundled, bringing an infant and my middle child does not like the cold at all.  Bennett will be miserable and cold and tell you about it...and it isn't very fun.  But have spent a LOT of hours in our house lately so I am hoping for Spring.  Two years ago we had snow in March, so it is nothing like the SE United States in March, which I miss about this time of year.

While Chris was gone I did get the stomach bug Saturday afternoon and night, but it wasn't as bad as his bout of it.  Again, Jason and Angie fed my kids dinner when I couldn't even be around the smell of food- so thankful for them.  We need to contact our landlady soon, as our contract is up in May and we want to settle the next year of rent early since we will be coming to the US for the summer.  We are really praying she won't raise the rent too too high (it is almost certain she will raise it...rents continue to increase at amazing rates in this city...up, up, up) because it would be so hard to move.  Especially though I have gotten so spoiled living right next door to our friends and don't want to move away from them.  So please think of us as we will probably contact her in the next week or two.
Bennett and Lucy have runny noses and don't feel great and Austin told me today he thinks he is getting it.  Do families with multiple small children ever get all well?

Here are some of the indoor things we have been doing...hoping to trade some in for outdoor playing soon.

 More camping out...couldn't resist this photo.  Sleeping side by side with matching pajamas.  We did put the tent away last night...there wasn't much room to play in their bedroom.

 Watching the Heels play with Daddy while Mommy was gone...even Lucy was in on the action.

 Watching some video...trying to limit that but with lots of sickness in the house, it tends to increase.  Bennett is more clothed than usual here.

 Bennett has learned to write his own name.  Actually, he has been able to write the letters for awhile, but usually when he writes he gets the order wrong or puts too many N's or T's or adds other letters because he loves writing letters. But now he is writing all the letters correctly in the right order every time (and if he gets it wrong his big brother is NOT afraid to correct him...it is hard to be the little brother sometimes).