Pink Eye and Thankfulness

Well, just as Julia went back to school today, recovered from her Sunday vomiting, Madeleine stayed home sick with pink eye.  We just can't seem to keep a healthy Rowe household lately, folks.  At least the one silver lining is that Madeleine came up with a perfect impetus to her unconscious reflex of wiping her gooey, germy eye:

Ahoy, mateys!  Captain Maddog here to run your ship!


While Madeleine may be thankful for her grrrreat eye patch, she is apparently more thankful for other aspects of her life, at least as far as her school turkey project shows:

Let's take a more in-depth look at what Madeleine is thankful for.

1 and 2:

Aww, Madeleine is thankful for her sistr, who is clearly so big an influence in Madeleine's life that she can barely squeeze her head inside the box.  Madeleine is also thankful for trkys.  She rarely thinks about trky, nor does she ever interact with trkys, but she does look forward to the few times a year she gets to consume trky meat.  So I guess it's a legit thing to be thankful for.


3:

Madeleine is thankful for her frnds.  I'm so glad she has been making so many new frnds in kindergarten!


4:

Madeleine is thankful for her famuly!
Although, apparently, only one famuly member made the cut.  I think it's a picture of me, though.  I'm so honored!


5:

Madeleine is thankful for her hous.  I am too!  Even though it recently had a dead mous in it.  And a live mous that we took out of our hous and deposited in a park in the hopes that it can make itself an outdoor hous.



And finally, 6:

Madeleine is thankful for her froots.
What??
Of all the foods to express thanks for, she picks one that she doesn't even really like?  I'm lucky if I can get my kids to eat at least an apple every day.  That's about all they get in the way of froots, since they claim to dislike most every other froot I try and feed them.  But clearly, that one daily (partial) apple fills the void deep in Madeleine's heart.  Hooray for froots!


Personally, I will be very, very thankful when we Rowes are a germ-free, illness-free bunch.  Maybe an increase in our daily froots and vitmain C will help get us there!