Tag: sick day

  • the grapes of wrath

    Last week, school was cancelled because of the weather. The boys hung out in their pjs most of the day and waited for snow. And then it snowed! They both asked me to fetch the snowball makers Santa brought last Christmas. Too bad it only lasted five minutes and didn’t stick.   They were snow…

  • On teeth and tonsils…

    This July has been quite eventful for Wells Wilder. He lost his first tooth… It had been loose for a while, and we really dreaded pulling it. Barf. Thankfully, it fell out in his sleep. And praise and glory to the Lord that he didn’t swallow it. He came downstairs with it in this little…

  • when it rains, it floods

    Over the last few weeks… Lily was admitted to the children’s hospital in Birmingham with pneumonia. While on my way to see her, I was caught in the worst storm in which I have ever driven. I got lost. I almost ran out of gas (like 0 miles until empty with a fallen tree across…