Webkinz

For those of you not familiar with Webkinz, they are stuffed animals that come with a code on their tag. When you go to the webkinz site and enter the code, you get a animated version of your stuffed animal that you can feed and care for. You can buy things for them at the store after earning money in various ways, such as answering quiz questions correctly or playing an online game.

Megan was given a webkinz (a platypus) for her 5th birthday. It took me a while to actually get online and show her what she could do with it, but now it is a favorite pastime of all the kids to either participate in or watch. I love how all four cluster around the computer, each giving suggestions or support.



Here are a few photos the kids took after I took the above picture (by the way, Beth is dressed up as Superman Girl) ~






We are taking it easy today. Megan still has a fever, so we'll have to take her back to the dr tomorrow. We didn't go to church as we don't want to pass the fever around to other families and we don't want to expose our kids to other bugs since Meg's immune system is obviously down at the moment. We've just hung out around the house. Rob read to Megan in Portuguese; Kylie cuddled with me. Jack napped and Beth played. Rob is taking a nap now (he let me take one this morning), the three girls have built a "castle" out of blocks in the kitchen and are playing with it. I love listening to the conversations they come up with! Jack has been cuddling with me, but he just decided to join the girls. I have a chicken roasting in the oven and the smell is starting to spread through the house. It's freezing outside (down in the 30's last night - where did spring go?), so no open windows or anything like that. I try to appreciate days like these and take full advantage of them. I think we'll have to make cookies for Family Home Evening tonight :) Maybe we'll change the decorations in the window too - our hearts from Valentine's Day are still up.