Birinley's "sick" day! NOT

A couple days ago Brinley was coming down with a cold so I wanted her to lay low for the day and not play with friends.  The other kids got busy and she was the only one left home a couple of times.  I also got busy and just let her do her own thing for awhile.  Oh man, that girl has an active imagination and she makes some MESSES!!  After asking a million times to clean up various messes that she had made, I walked in the room to find her yet again laying out a big plan.  I said to her, "what are you doing now?" to which she replied, "Sorry, I'm sick - I have to entertain myself". 

Just for the record, here are a FEW of the things she did to "entertain" herself during the day...
    
     - got out about 15 small plastic cups and poked shishkabob sticks into them to create something
     - popped her own popcorn in the air popper...complete with melted butter and salt
     - dragged out loads of books to read to herself
     - dug a box and milk jug out of the recycle and drew all over both of them with permanant marker
     - painted her own fingernails...pink and white stripes!
     - made snowcones with our snoopy snowcone maker
     - drew on about a thousand pieces of paper
     - found an ice cream bucket in the garage and cleaned it out with a half a bottle of dish soap
     - chopped up part of a block of cheese to make herself a snack of cheese and crackers
    

I thought kids were supposed to lay around and watch TV when they weren't feeling well!!  It's just a good thing she is sooo cute and we love her so much!