Amy and Perry came to visit...

....and they brought their kids! The five kids played hard all weekend long. It was a fabulous visit.

In our usual style we worked up quite a petri dish around here. Steph had a stomach bug (poor thing), so she laid low the last day of the visit. It caught up with L later on in the week. An interesting note about L when he is sick: he gets really mellow and sweet and compliant. He is calm, reasonable, and doesn't complain about anything. It's a real treat. I feel bad for him when he is sick, yet I get such a nice break because his disposition shifts. His usual cantankerous self full of vim and vigor is replaced with a slightly reticent, "okay, whatever you say, Mom" little guy. I think I will have to sneak a little arsenic into his milk. Just a little.