Weekly Round-up for September 23

Everyone realizes that there is only one week left in September. Right?
Tamara hangs her head and moans, "Where did the days go?!?!?"

I was under the weather the entire week and still have a cough to show for it. My first antibiotics attempt was a train wreck. I think if a medicine lists insomnia as a side effect, I should just opt for a different one. Four nights without sleep.... Doing much better on the new meds....

Given I was sick (I mean sick to the point that my husband had to get the kids), what did me do....not a whole heck of a lot.... Here's the very short list:

• Sea foam play time
• Science in the garden -- this is really find the caterpillars on our milkweed plants
• Finished edits for The Tea Party which goes live this coming Wednesday
• Clicked the button to release the print version of The Tea Party (because Amazon says it needs up to 72 hours...)
• Kids had more play dates than typical for a school week
• Girls went to a friend's birthday party and had a great time (Tamara slept)
• Still managed a meal every night because everyone needs to eat, even a sick Mommy

Sure, it looks like a long list, but trust me when I say that I did mostly laundry and dinner without much else. Some weeks, that's the best you can do.

Sea Foam Play Time

I want to give a shout of thanks to J House Vlogs for all their kid friendly videos. TM watched a few hours worth of them on Thursday. In one such video, they made sea foam from soap, water, and corn starch. Even sick, I had to try it with TM (she always wants to make something).​

​Ingredients:
2 Tbsp dish soap
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp corn starch

Directions:
​Mix on high in a stand mixer

TM loved it. The sea foam did take awhile to get beat into a sizable amount. TM got bored during that period. It's always faster in the movies, kids! Picking out toys to go into the sea foam filled that time.

Also because of J House Vlogs, TM has learned what April Fool's Day is and how to prank people. This kid...shakes head some more...decided to prank EG by creating a sea foam sandwich. 

​I don't have a picture of it, but I distinctly heard a prepared EG say, "Wow, sissy, you got me big time." TM now has pranking goals. Thanks J House Vlogs...

That's it for this weekly round-up. Catch y'all next week. Cross your fingers, pray, or send healthy vibes my way. Thank you.