Morning routine...

It's hard to capture Micah's morning recitations through the door...but here is his joyful self after the door is opened!

Dangerous Games

This is what happens when you leave Dad and Lad alone to form their own entertainment.

Just hanging out...

 Snack time - note they are not making each other crazy!

Practicing our stacking skills. Thanks Grandma & Papa V!

 Looking for creative entertainment.

Checking out the cool rocks on mom & dad's new 'home decorating'.

Baby update!

Our first baby gift! Micah tried to put them on. Can anyone have such small feet? A classmate knitted them for us. How very sweet. Our baby is supposedly now the size of a butternut squash. I like that size. But I could be biased toward autumn vegetables.

Hobbies

 Well, seeing as I have so much free time between being a wife, mom, and student (read: heavy sarcasm), I thought I needed a hobby that was not TV. So, on a whim, I bought some colorful ikea frames that I must now fill. I've decided to attempt to paint some of the same animals that are on Micah's border. There are probably plagiarism laws about such things, but I don't plan on selling them. In fact, I sadly remember so little from my 8th grade painting class, that I made my first attempt with acrylic paints on computer paper. Questions then arose: why is this paint not drying EVER? and why is there a ring of oil around my cute little lion? Due to the input of a much wiser artistic friend, I have realized I must buck up and buy canvas. Thus, this morning's trip with Micah through three different art shops. Alas, the canvas does not fit inside the cute little frames I bought! So, I will attempt to use 'multi-purpose artist paper' and see if it works any better than computer paper. I know you artsy folks out there are shaking your heads...but you know that he won't like lions anymore in a year anyway!

A trip to the Aquarium!

 We decided to splurge and take Micah and Hugo to the aquarium. It took close to 90 min. to get there, but we thought it was well worth the adventure. The boys enjoyed seeing the different fish and just running around the mall. The dads really enjoyed the fish. And the moms enjoyed the trip to Ikea afterward! I liked the fish too.

 Nemo fish!

The great travesty of the day was that our most treasured sleep-animal became someone else's best friend after he was forgotten at our lunch table. This wouldn't be so terrible if we still had the back-up...but that one got left at the park a month ago. :( So we are currently racking our brains to figure out who will visit us or return the fastest so we can get a new sleep-dog asap.  I think Mom & Dad are currently more devastated than Micah....we fear the moment that he realizes his buddy is gone. He did have a minor search this afternoon, but he was quickly distracted by other toys. I didn't think I would have to explain love and loss this soon in my child's life. I'm not prepared for this!!

Otherwise, it was a delightful day. :)

Christmas 2010 photo accomplished!

Hooray!! We can now take down our decorations. We'll see if we actually do. :)