Upcycling

I have been saving toilet paper and paper towel rolls for a few months now, in hopes of making a marble run like the one from this website.  With two sick kids at home and date night canceled (darn you, pinkeye!) I decided today was finally the day to build the masterpiece.

Nevermind that it looks like I taped trash all over the wall of our toy room because- hey!- that is exactly what I did!  But the kids loved it.  Adam especially was fascinated by the process of sticking a marble in one end and having it pop out at the end.  Yay for cheap fun!

And nevermind the horribly listless look on his face and squinty eyes in this picture-

because the kids both have pinkeye and are miserable.  Adam especially is horribly congested and looks and sounds awful.  I have (again) renewed my commitment to obsessive hand-washing and toy disinfecting.  Jason and I were supposed to go out for our 7 year anniversary dinner tonight, but that will just have to wait.  We all snuggled up and had a great family movie night instead.  Now we'll just hope that Leah's prayers to "help mine and Adam's worser eyes to get better" are answered soon.