It's been a week...

What a week...
We have been so sick over here! This flu that has been going around is rotten! I was feeling just fine last Wednesday and then started coughing a bit at night, but nothing big. Oh my, by Thursday night I thought I was going to die! This has knocked me out like crazy! On Saturday night I was the worst I've been...just miserable. I fell asleep at about 9:15...and woke up at 3:15 on Sunday afternoon. Yes, I slept 18 hours. It was wonderful. I feel about 50% now...but definitely on the mend...thank goodness! Abigail has been battling fatigue and a fever, but was much better today. It was nice to have Colin home (again!) to help out some more with the kids.

I hope everyone reading this is feeling okay - it's a nasty bug going around!

More later...

When Dad's at work...

We play! Henry had Little Hands today and we celebrated Valentine's Day. He loves doing his crafts there!

Tonight we did a craft or "crap" as Abigail calls it. Henry made cards for all of his speech teachers and Abigail signed all of her Valentine cards. She had to sign 19 and was getting sick of it and then I bribed her...one smartie for every one she signed. Worked like a charm!

Happy Valentine's Day from Mr. GQ and Miss Priss!

Valentine's Gifts

I finally have all the Valentine Treats finished and ready for distributing! Yeah! We made this heart crayons for Abigail's class. They were fun to make and turned out cute!

I put them in these little clear bags with a Princess valentine and made bag toppers for them.

I think I showed one of these before, but these are the mailboxes for Abigail's teacher and assistant. I filled them with mini M & Ms that I bought at Target 75% off after Christmas.

The mailboxes probably cost me about $3 each...love that for a cute gift!

Happy Almost 1/2 Birthday, Abigail!

What in the world...that title is silly. Do people really celebrate 1/2 birthdays? What about almost 1/2 birthdays? Abigail's 1/2 birthday is on February 18, but she doesn't have school that day (teacher in-service...um, she hasn't gone a full week in a long time due to snow days, in-service, etc...Colin wants a refund. But I digress). Anyway, they celebrated her 1/2 birthday today at school. I thought about eating 1/2 of each sucker that she brought for her birthday treat, but thought against it. She got a crown and got to take the Birthday Bear and book home for the night.

New York Pictures

As promised...New York pictures. Since there are so many pictures, the descriptions are little...sorry!

The Ferris Wheel in Toys R Us

Ice skating and "meeting" Matt at the "Rock."

St. Patrick's Cathedral...absolutely breath-taking...one of my favorite things we saw.


Eating NY pizza (the first time!)



Our special dinner out in Brooklyn at Peter Luger's Steakhouse...umm, it was amazing! I couldn't even begin to explain it on here, but it was amazing.

At the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Colin standing by a Jackson Pollack painting...it was HUGE! The MoMA was Colin's favorite part of the trip - I loved it too!

Seeing "Starry Night" - wow!

We are big Picasso fans and love this painting.

A small part of Times Square at night.

The Statue of Liberty. Loved what I could do with my zoom lens - thanks, Sue!

Ellis Island...what an experience.

The World Trade Center tribute. This was a very moving exhibit to go through. It was amazing to see all the things they found in the rubble and to read quotes by survivors and families of both survivors and deceased.


Our last dinner was at Serendipity. We took a small table and they brought us their famous Frrrrozen Hot Chocolate on the house...to begin our meal! It was huge and so good!