Not the Saturday we expected

We were supposed to get Signe out the door by 5am for her final volleyball tournament in Chatteroy, WA (we'd never heard of it either), but instead she's spending the day on the couch. She missed the last 3 days of school with a weird lingering fever that seems to take 4-5 days to recover from. It was with sadness and tears of disappointment yesterday afternoon that we conceded that she just wouldn't be able to go.
So instead of cheering her on all day as anticipated, Nick is in the back yard turning downed trees into firewood. Lucy has been outside since breakfast, eagerly digging with her nose and pulling at tree roots. You can see her inspecting her progress in the middle picture. She is having a wonderful muddy day in the slushy rain.
Karsten cried when he got home after school yesterday and saw his play fort crushed. It's been a bit emotional around here.