SICK IN THE WINTER WITH A NEWBORN

So right now we are faced with 3 obstacles to having busy, fun-packed, run-around outside, imagination stimulating, full of learning, exciting days:

1) the weather - while we did enjoy some creepily 70 degree weather earlier this week and took several walks, most of the time its been too cold to get out and do much except get the mail.

2) Ellenie, the newborn, should be inside, not outside.

3) Mommy doesn't feel well. cold, crud, whatever it is - let's hope it leaves soon!

So sometimes moments in our days look fun like this:

or this:

while other moments look sleepy, bored, or grumpy like this:

then there are those precious moments like this:

this:

or this:

that make the rest all so very bearable.