Stuffed Animals

Since she was interested in playing with toys, Victoria has always been drawn to animals. Mostly, at first, it was the little plastic animals that come with the Little People set. The past few years it has been stuffed animals. This past year, though, it has become an obsession. They are pretty much the only thing she plays with, which is good, since we have a trillion of them. They all have names and many have jewelry or bows she adorns them with. They are all set up within families- husband, wife, and kids. For a while, each day she would arrange them, then rearrange them on her bed, according to families. Recently, she started bringing them downstairs and setting them up for meals and then on the couch or chairs. It was one thing, having to deal with them being on her bed. Making a top-bunk bed isn't the easiest, especially when it's completely covered with stuffed animals! It's another thing to have them all set up on the table or on the couch or family room chair. Last week, I cleared a shelf of books so she could set them up there. That seemed to go over well. Unfortunately, they don't all fit there, but it's a start.

Here's the new set-up. Here's more of them, set up on my family room chair.

Here's a picture she took of her big unicorn on her bed, which has stayed there, luckily, as well as the dog that is the same size.

When we got our camera back, she was so excited, she took some pictures of some of her "guys" with their loved ones.

The very next day, she came down with "the fever" sickness, as everyone around here is calling it. Tons of kids have been out of school because of it, and she just missed church, four days of school, and will miss tomorrow as well. She happens to have an ear infection with hers, but for most of the kids, it was just a fever. With temperatures up to 104.5 degrees, most of the time this week, it has been quite the sickness. The problem is, I give her some fever reducer medicine, then she feels great for 6 hours and I've 3 cooped up kids all day! She still has a fever of about 100. I don't know when it will break. Most kids went for about a week with this thing. Next week is mid-winter break, so we get to have another week off of school. I just hope Karissa and Austin don't get it so we have to stay in for another fun-filled week!