Back in Action

I was down and out for 36 hours.  Drew stayed home from work yesterday to take care of the girls and I mostly slept and whimpered from the couch.  I woke up this morning craving coffee - a sure sign of recovery.  My house was thrashed, my spirited daughters were back in action,

and I did my best to step my game up.

We postponed Marguerite's birthday celebration, needing a couple of days to regroup from the plague.  Not wanting the day to be completely mundane for my newly crowned two year old I decided a lunch date was in order, with a mermaid visit, of course:

And the Smith & Vallee machine cranked out a well timed gift of two new step stools: