What Have The Boys Been Up To

...since they are stuck in a house with a deaf mother trying desperately to keep food down, sleep. and build up strength enough to get better and grow a human?

Let's see. They have been playing with the animals.


Kenny has become very good at using tape. The project he is making in this picture is a newspaper. He also uses tape to build houses, cars, books, and anything else he can think of.

They have been napping with me in the afternoons.


And building together with the ultimate little boy-toy: legos.


I admit, they have spent a fair amount of time watching movies. Not the norm, but it's the best I can do right now.


But I'm not a total loser-mom. This is what they did today.


All in all, they have been wonderful. I know this is hard on them. Any loud sounds make me feel like my head will explode and the sound of my own voice is like screaming. I've had a weak immune system my entire life. Fighting off an illness is hard on me. Add all the other factors to it and the lack of nutrition and sleep and my poor body has really suffered. But I have managed to stay out of the hospital (we were worried about dehydration for a bit) and I feel myself getting stronger everyday. I've had a ton of support from my family and friends, which I am going to have to continue to rely on for a little while longer. But at least things are looking up and the illness side is wearing off. Soon, all I will have to deal with is run-of-the-mill morning sickness and repairing the holes in my ear drums. That much, I can handle.