Thank you for the well-wishes re. the chicken pox! K is feeling much better now, after a quiet weekend. She'll have a few more days home from school yet, though. I've been trying to think of ways to entertain her- so far we've been painting, drawing, watching films and making bead necklaces. I also made these 'big pocket skirts' for her to wear this spring. I used vintage fabric for both: black with little white dots and a grey and pink flowery cotton. They seem to be cheering.
According to her, the best things to keep in one's pockets include, in no particular order: buttons, necklaces, sticks, mandarins, pens and sweets. Sounds good to me.