Well, I was able to get them to bed at 8pm, and the three of them promptly fell asleep.  I let the older boys read on the couch until 9pm, at which time A practically begged to go to bed.  B went to bed at 9:30, but was still up at 10:30, and explained that he just had to write this poem down.  I will post it next.

N woke up the next morning and her fever was a little higher, and got up to 102 in the afternoon.  We went over to my MIL's last night and watched some of the Winter Olympics.  The boys were really excited about the snowboarding!  I was disappointed by the men's figure skating.  They are all nasty-looking nowadays.  pierced ears, long hair, ugly costumes…yuck!  I miss seeing Scott Hamilton!

We are having tostadas tonight, by dh's request.  I may try my hand at homemade tortillas.  They sound really easy and good!  The other thing I am working on is laundry.  I have to get it all caught up for dh's trip.  I am almost caught up with his, mine, N's, and M's, and then I have to tackle the boys overflowing hamper.

How do you get your kids to wear clothes for more than one day?  Their pants and pj's are usually still perfectly clean enough to wear a second day, but they don't use them again unless I tell them to.  I think they have finally gotten the idea that if they run out, they have to get some out of the hamper, but it would be so much more efficient if they would just put them back in their drawers after they took them off.

I guess I don't have any room to talk though.  I suppose I have to be the first example.  I give myself the excuse that my dresser is in a different room, so I lay my clothes on the end of my bed, or the rocker, and wear them the next day, but they just leave them on the floor unless I tell them to pick up their clothes.  I have tried discipling them for leaving them on the floor, but that doesn't seem to work.  Putting their pj's under their pillow doesn't seem to work either.  They forget they are there and get more out.

N's fever was down this morning.  She said her throat still hurts though, so I have her gargling with salt water.  She likes doing it and says it helps, so I think she is on the mend.

Well, M is getting cups out from under the cabinet, and N is leaning against me telling me she is hungry, so I am off the computer for the day now, and off to make lunch and try my hand at tortillas….I'll let you know how they go!

Oh, and I will post B's poem before I get off.