today now

fig. 1, giant mess of crafting on kitchen table we kept coming back to

fig. 2, dvd watching chair, which, if seen, causes immediate request of show (harold and the purple crayon, zoey from sesame street learns to dance, or the snowman)

fig. 3, sicko (7th day of snots and cough, 2nd day of 102 degree fever, 1st day of ultimate crankyness, 2nd dose of thick bubblegum children's tylenol)

fig. 4, ick and thanks

fig. 5, partially eaten lentil soup (sitting on late notice of a book from the library which i never took out, but now have to replace because we cannot "find it" even though we never had it...i think)

fig. 6, persistent, warm rain, dark sky and LARGE winds

fig. 7, productive art project (too bad it only lasted 1 minute as the setup, then cleanup, were each 5 minutes)

fig. 8, i've had harold and the purple crayon theme song in my head ALL DAY

fig. 9, one anna (day 838247 stuck in small quarters with sick toddler)

the pictures don't really show how awful i felt when i took this photo journal, at 5pm today. my shirt had lentil soup, glue, snot, and tears (hers-because of EVERYTHING, and mine-because my sick tired girl would NOT sleep for naptime (i would elaborate on the immense frustration and anger that made me cry at that point, but i'm over it now. ) when eric came home, things got a lot better, as they always do. hope she sleeps tonight.