1/20/13

This picture is actually from yesterday, so technically I'm cheating, but it's my blog and my project, and I say it's okay.  We had an unbelievably gorgeous day here yesterday; sunny with the highs in the mid fifties.  So of course we ventured outside for quite awhile.  The girls amused themselves for a good 45 minutes doing "science experiments".  This boiled down to them each receiving a large container of water, and then putting various things from the yard (leaves, acorns, rocks, etc.) inside to see if they would float or sink.

1/19/13

We had our first family movie tonight, and everyone really enjoyed "The Lorax".  The lesson really seemed to hit home with Emily, which is good.  And Sophie loved the songs and near the end, kept asking "what happened now?" about every sixty seconds.  I'd explain, she'd say "oh" and then then we'd start over.  I think a new tradition has been born.

1/18/13

Today Emily had her first "friends only" birthday party.  We've always celebrated her birthday with family (of course!) and when she was younger, our friends came for cake.  But this was the first year we hosted several small children.  Let me just say, loading five year old girls up with sugar and then having to be in a room with them for the next two hours was a bit more than I was expecting.  But everyone had fun, most of all Emily.

1/17/13

I have wanted a Garmin running watch for a very long time, and with some Christmas money, I finally purchased one.  I am in love.  It was awesome to be able to get instant feedback on my pace and how far I've gone at any given moment.  Don't think I'll ever want to run without it again!  Here's a summary shot of my stats from my first run with my new watch.

1/16/13

For the past few days, I have been hard at work creating a "Year in Review" Photo Album for 2012.  The final product is still in the mail, but here's a screen-shot of the last page!

1/15/13

I have a thing for accent pillows lately, and even though we'll be moving soon and I don't know what our new living space will look like, I just had to make these pillows mine.  Thanks to my mom and mother-in-law for conspiring to get them for me for Christmas!

1/14/13

Like most parents, we've had our share of toys pass through this house.  Some that I think are pretty cool go virtually unused, but not this Leapfrog pen.  Both of my girls will use it to read stories for a long time.  Today, I tried to read a book to Sophie and she declared my version not as good as the pen.  Apparently I don't do a good Flounder impersonation.