February is Hard!

It has been a crazy month so I  will start with a picture of a crazy little girl.

January ended with Catholic School week.  Mary and I spend Monday morning in the gym eating donates and visiting classrooms.  Pat was first.

Lia and I in the gym with Mary hanging with Chris in the background.

Beautiful Becca.

Mary was beyond ready to go at this point.

Mary managed to run into something and get a lovely bruise on her left check.

We also got some snow.  With it all piled up at the base of the driveway, the kids built dueling snow forts.

Mary did NOT want to even touch the snow, but she enjoyed watching her siblings play in it...until she didn't any more.

That same week, Becca and Pat both stayed home sick on Thursday.  No flu (Thank God) but Pat tested positive for strep.

Think back to the snow forts.  The kids had combine forts, complete with a shovel to catapult the snow across the driveway.  A genius idea, until Becca took the shovel to the head.  She got a scratch on her forehead and, as it turns out, a concussion.  We headed to the ER after a full 24 hours of her head hurting.

No, I'm not dirty.  It was Ash Wednesday.

All in all, she is doing pretty well.  The lights and noise still bother her a bit, but no basketball or PE until the headaches stop completely and she's cleared by our doctor.  Next up, February birthdays.