January 31, 2009 - Day 31

An unseasonable pretty day for January 31st. 71 degrees! We played at the park after Marley's 4th birthday party. I couldn't get any photos of the birthday girl, but GG was happy to say "cheese" over and over : ) while she was joyfully hunkered down into her comfy swing.

January 30, 2009 - Day 30

Our godson, Andrew's 4th birthday party! It is a family tradition on my husband's side for the birthday person to take the first bite of cake. It is also tradition for someone to push the birthday person's face into the cake. But Andrew? oh, no. He VOLUNTARILY launched his face into that cake when mom turned to get a knife (see her covering her face?) Hilarious.

January 29, 2009 - Day 29

Today was "Visitor's Day" at school! Grandma wanted to be there, but Daddy was just as excited to be able to hang out with Jack for a while. You guys enjoyed lots of fun stuff like this peg board, the rice pouring table and the garage with cars. (side note: Jack is wearing his favorite fleece hoodie that was only supposed to be worn to and from school with his puffy vest. But Jack refuses to remove it when he gets to school and insists that it be zipped all the way up. too funny)

January 28, 2009 - Day 28

We had a playgroup at the museum today with LLL. Jack finally got up on the horse. GG was on and off, but never long enough to capture a shot.

January 27, 2009 - Day 27

okay, just about every photo is of Jack or GG, so I thought I'd show an image of another staple around here. Coffee. I can't afford to throw away the coffee that I don't get to when I get super busy, so I usually refrigerate it and put it over ice later. Lately, this little piece of kitchen gadgetry has been my best friend. I whip up my coffee with some ice and it becomes an ice-creamy treat. It's a great pick me up at around 1am when I've got just a little work left to go before I can head for bed. I know there's lots of other things I can do with this Magic Bullet, I hope I can make some time to find out. The hubby bought this a couple years ago when I was making baby food all the time. It IS pretty awesome.

January 26, 2009 - Day 26

I had a feeling she would understand earning a sticker for picking up now. And she did! As soon as I asked her if she wanted one for picking up, she ran to the drawer and pointed where they were and she wanted to pick out her own and put it on by herself. She was so excited. I didn't even have a chart for her yet, so we borrowed one of brother's. Big girl.

January 25, 2009 - Day 25

GG took a nasty header into the train table yesterday. I saw the whole thing like it was slow motion but could not catch her in time. She hit her face full force, all her weight into the edge of the table. I seriously thought for a little while I might have to take her in for a scan. Her nose swelled up, split from the base where it's attached to her face and bled just a little inside, too. She did the cry where nothing comes out and she just shook all over. It was horrible. This was her first real blood-drawn ouchie. She was over it within 1/2 an hour and she didn't even have the black eyes I thought for sure she would have after her nap : )