Illnesses and Haircut

Well, Fletcher has an ear infection, the makings of a sinus infection, an antibiotic, and a new haircut.

He has had allergies for the past month or so and I've taken him to the doctor 2 times recently to make sure that it's not anything other than allergies. Well last night his ear started hurting, but he felt fine this morning (has had no fever the whole time) so we went to the see doctor in Urgent Care and then to get a haircut.

While at the doctor's office, she thought I sounded worse than Fletcher, so I had a chest x-ray and left with 2 prescriptions myself. We both really feel fine today. We'll both be heading back to the doctor on Wednesday or Thursday for a recheck.

Hope you're all feeling well! Check out Fletcher's cool (and much shorter than normal) haircut!

Too Much Stuff!

Ed and I have been paying $100 a month to store stuff in a Pack-Rat unit for over a year now. Crazy! I have come to the realization that we all have too much stuff. We are a society driven by stuff: have the most stuff, the best stuff, cooler stuff than the stuff our neighbors have. Whatever!

Ed and I had a yard sale over the weekend and made $205 selling our stuff and took what was left to donate at Goodwill and the library (3 cars full). Thanks to Aaron for coming to help and neighbor Jeff for coming to the rescue when the downpour started! I feel freer having gotten rid of lots of stuff and we now know that when (and if) we ever move, we will only be handling and moving the things that we really love, know we'll use, or has a purpose. We won't be moving stuff to cram it in an attic again!

In addition to the yard sale, I am consigning some kids stuff at the Huge Kids Sale in Concord next week. I'll let you know how it goes. We're selling a car (as we currently have 3). Ed's also selling some stuff on eBay.

If you don't know about freecycle, check it out. We have recently given away computer parts, crib mattress, diskettes, and more to people who want/need these things. And have gotten some packing materials to ship the things we'll be selling on eBay, all for free.

Check out the photos from the yard sale and Fletcher's lemonade stand. Get rid of stuff!

Finger Painting

The kids had great fun painting outside on Thursday in the sunshine. Here are Fletcher, Cam, and Mandy finger (nose, knee, elbow) painting and the product they created together.

Spring has Sprung

Fletcher has been recently enjoying the spring-like weather and planted (dispersed?) the seeds that the Easter Bunny brought. The garden is really popping up with green stuff all over!

Fletcher's on the Web

Take a look at Fletcher on the Scandinavian Child website. My friend, the very talented photographer, Danielle Anthony took the photo at Carrigan Farms back in October.

Sand Pancakes

Today Fletcher and I headed over to the Sandlot after school. It was such a beautiful day and we enjoyed digging, racing, and pretending to make pancakes by milling grain into flour, gathering eggs, milking a cow, churning milk into butter, mixing it up, and cooking it in a pan. Ever read Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle? I think this book might have influenced our play today! Tried out the Vivid Colors setting on my camera today. Not sure if I like it or not.

Favorite Easter Images

Aside from the ones of my sweet boy, here are some of my favorite images from the past few days! They just say "Spring" and "Easter" to me!