When I woke up this morning, Jonathan had already been awake for some time, I think. I came out to the living room and found 8 Ranger Ricks laying on the table.

While I made breakfast, and while Nicholas slept in, the older boys made Get Well cards for gramma, who is pretty ill with this flu thing. Jonathan decorated his with "chrosomomes" and wrote "Get Weel" on the front, "I love you!" on the inside. Benjamen's card was more abstract.

When they finished their oatmeal, they helped me tidy up and we finished lickety-split.

While we cleaned up, Jonathan re-discovered the lacing beads. Playing with those led to an extended dress-up session, which continues to this moment.

It's 9:45AM.