Wednesday, December 8, 2010

On the Run


E and N have been getting along sooo much better lately. Mostly (I think) due to his wild and reckless emerging verbal ability.  She is finally realizing that he can be fun to play with, and he does not hold back letting her know she's being too bossy.  She creates these amazing experiences for him on the fly and he often just goes with it.  The other day E took off all the sides to his push wagon, attached his travel booster then replaced the front and back panels and affixed a handmade paper steering wheel.  She straps him in and pushes him up and down the hall, into the kitchen and pretty much wherever he wants to go.  It's nice to have things that don't require batteries to entertain the kiddies when it's dark and wet throughout most of our days.

It's a Kind of Addiciton


We have been snipping, cutting, shaping and trimming nonstop for the last week.  My house is covered in tiny bits and scraps of white paper.  I've vacuumed no fewer than twice daily.  When we round the corner to our cozy home those paper perfections pasted to our living room window make me so happy.


* Thanks for the idea Eileen!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Tree Time


We wanted to wait to get our tree as a complete family. D left for a handful of days, so on our way home from the airport we stopped by our regular tree-pickin' spot. Of course we all have our ideas of which one is the perfect tree; E wanted one that was easily taller than our ceilings, N was drawn to the flocked variety, but in the end D and I settled on a short and sweet Nobel.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Gotta get Outa the House!

Today's temperatures were well below freezing, and night temperatures will be in the low teens (Keeping fingers crossed to find warm birds in the morning and no chickencicles).  All the schools were cancelled today, but E had a few hours of school work to get caught up from when her grandparents were here last week.  After our cozy morning in I bundled everyone up after lunch for a long chilly walk to the grocery store for a few last minute Thanksgiving ingredients.