Feet and Thanks to Laura

Here is the latest feet photo..... Samuel at 11 months. A big thank you to Laura for the gifts she sent. Eve has taken over Samuel's bath blocks and is getting lots of use out of them. She also loves the polar bear that was addressed to her.

An Idea

I recently had a conversation with a friend from church about hats for chemo patients. Her friend was going though chemotherapy and wasn't at all happy with the everyday sort of comfy hats that she found. I thought I'd try and design something out my silk so, here it is. It's a dry run and needs some tweaking. I haven't at all decided that I'm going to sell these or advertise that I make them. But, I'm thinking of doing them at my cost for ladies who usually wouldn't feel right about spending the kind of money that I'd usually charge. The hat is reversible and convertible. Anyway, it's something I'm considering.

Peek-a-Boo

New Bathroom Bliss

Our bathroom is DONE. Well, everything except for the poem from Lord of the Rings that Tim is going to hand letter clear around the bathroom. It's a pretty adorable bath poem.

These pictures show Eve at her finest.... busy busy and all buisness.... and brushing her teeth which is somewhat of an obsession that I hope fades soon.

New features include:

painted the existing sink stand, new tile and backer board, new paint, new shower curtain, new wainscoting, new mirror and light fixture and, of course, a new vent grate.... in black, of course.

Car Seat

So, I went to Sam's Club today with the kids. It was the first day for Eve and Samuel to both sit in the cart together. And, the first day for Samuel to be in a "big boy" car seat (he out grew the Graco). I always have a little struggle getting Eve into her car seat. You know the routine, she arches her back and grabs onto anything immobile as I'm putting her into the seat. Trying her hardest to thwart my attempts to keep her safe on the road. I usually dish out the harsh look, a stern warning and push her back into her car seat. Today, however, when pushing on her, I saw the ridiculousness of the situation and started to laugh. Of course, she's crying great crocodile tears of "abuse" and I have my head right in front of hers. She stops crying and starts laughing too. It took us a couple minutes to both calm down.

Snow, Snow, Snow

Well, you've heard about it (and seen it) from the Cananaro Feists.... Here's the 100 year snow storm from Carryback Ct.

Our neighbor, Ben, is at ground level behind the snow drift.

The cars.

Papa's Welcome Home

So, Eve's new favorite thing is to run to Tim when he gets home.... He scoops her up and she helps him take off his winter gear. Then, she puts it on (well, those pieces that she can physically manage) and points to said articles and says "Papa". Then, we all play chase around the house and Samuel squeals with delight.
Eve still doesn't like the snow - at 30 inches (the snow, not the child) I don't think I'd be into it either at her age. However, she HAS started to poke the snow banks along the drive way with a stick. I suppose that's a start.