Making the best of it

It was a beautiful, sunny day, a break between stormy and rainy weather here on the West Coast. We took full advantage of the sunshine despite Jasmine being too sick to go to school today. She's sidelined with a bad cold, but don't expect her to admit to any of that. She practically dragged me out the door this morning wanting to "play outside, mama." Never one to miss an opportunity to be outdoors, we still needed to walk the dog, so this morning we headed off to our little pond in search of dragons. They've been spotted recently at the pond, mostly yellow, according to J, although I could swear we've seen several that are multi-colored and even spotted.

Even more enticing than the dragons, we now typically walk with Dora and her monkey, Boots. Dora is a new addition to our entertainment repertoire, and we have grown to love and hate Dora. More about that later. But with J's ever-expanding imagination, she will walk for over on hour if Dora and boots are with us, holding hands or putting Dora and Boots on her back (or all three on mine...).
We took some time to admire the sky and the passing clouds.
J eventually ended up with my hat on her head. In fact, most of my things end up on her, in her or around her. She generally wants whatever I have.

We spent the day wrapped up with each other. With Shane away working for the weekend, I cancelled my day at work to stay home with my sick girl. Clearly, our morning outing doesn't indicate how poorly she feels, but trust me, she's wheezing and coughing and generally feels lousy. She loved having me close and didn't whine or complain one bit about her ickiness. And I didn't whine and complain about her wanting to be held all day--after all, who doesn't want to be comforted when they're sick?