Marginally Better

Am I allowed to start breathing again? The boys are back in school and sleeping through the night without coughing again. We've had a couple of good-ish days and I'm hoping they keep coming. I'm still not feeling great myself since my sinuses are as blocked as....well, something really blocked and I think I have a tooth infection, but I'm trying to look at the world with a more positive lens.

I should actually thank my friend Elly for this new outlook. She sent me two interesting books about finding peace and quiet in your mind, something I could really use help with. I've only just started reading one of them - Loving What Is by Byron Katie - but already its had an effect on me. I'm trying not to stress about things I have no control over or that have not happened yet and am really trying not to live "in other's people's business", meaning not to worry about what other people are thinking or feeling, since again, I can't control them and I certainly can't know for sure what they're actually thinking. How am I doing, Elle?

Here's a little photo proof from the boys that we're feeling better:

Actually playing, rather than sitting on the sofa in our jammies watching Curious George over and over
And not crying either. Amazing!
How much fun can you have with a book of construction stickers, a couch and your mother's enormous baby belly? Lots!

Will giving a highly decorated Bobine a kiss

Mummy was decorated with stickers too. You can tell how much fun I think this game is, can't you? I actually had them all over my face before Owen ripped them off (who needs a trip to the esthetician's? Just have 3 year olds come over with their sticker books).