February 5, 2008

• Today's Update

  So just a little note about the snowfall I reported last time.  We ended up getting about 4 inches (per the local tv station) and all area schools were closed for two days--four day weekend for all the kids!  By the end of the second day the streets were only wet and I could hear water gushing down the gutters.  By Sunday it was completely gone.  On Saturday, our neighbor (who moved here from Atlanta about six months ago) stopped us outside our house to chat.  She had a winter coat on and a shovel in her hand.  We were mostly in pajamas, no coats.  She asked us if she parked her car in her driveway with the parking brake engaged if her car would slide down the driveway and into the road.  She also told us that she had taken pictures and sent them to her friends in Georgia to show them what Arkansas people consider a snow storm, and how terrible it was.  She said in Georgia when they have a snowstorm that shuts down the city, you can still see the grass peeking through the snow.  We told her that we also took and sent pictures, but for the opposite reason. 

  Here is a picture of Jon and the girls reading in their "book nook."  It is a childhood dream of mine.  I used to take all the books off the shelf in our house and lay in the shelf to read.  I've always loved little comfy corners where you can curl up with a good book. 

  

  Jon was on a photographic streak Sunday, so here is some of his work.

  Norah in the playroom:

  

  Me working on sugar cookie dough: 

  

  An example of why you shouldn't try to shoot a close-up with a wide angle lens.  Too funny! 

  

  I just thought this picture was really cool--how it focuses on her hand and the rest has such perspective.

  

  Jon's Still Life:

  

  Olivia reading one of her favorite books, from Uncle Andy & Aunt Tanya! 

  

  And Olivia in full princess/ballerina getup.  Notice how her crown is resting on her bent ear, lol.

  

  And more Mama in the kitchen.  I have no idea what I was making there. 

  

  So, nothing much exciting today, but at least some pictures!  Let me see if I can remember some good girlie stories from this week...

  Okay, so after the cookies were made and frosted, of course we got to eat them.  However, the girls refuse to eat the cookie.  They just eat all the frosting.  So the first time she ate one, Norah said, "Eat my frosting all up my mouth!"  While that is not a brilliant and new thought, it is a seven word sentence!  For someone not yet two, that's pretty amazing!

  Oh, then Livi said to me the other day, "Mommy, if you're a princess, boys kiss you."  All I could think in my head was, "Oh great.  Great.  My three-year-old wants to know about kissing boys.  All I could say was, "I guess that's what happens in your movie, right?"  She loves to watch The Little Mermaid, which is probably the most tame (violence and death-wise) of the Disney princess movies, but of course the whole point of the movie is to get the boy to kiss you.  At least she isn't thinking about being locked away in a castle by a beast (Beauty & the Beast), being treated like a slave by her mothers and sisters (Cinderella), a mean old witch feeding her a poisened apple (Sleeping Beauty), or someone coming to cut her heart out and take it back to the queen in a box (Snow White).  I used to think Disney movies were so nice, until I saw her processing them in her three-year-old mind.  I think we'll stick to The Little Mermaid for now.

  Yesterday it was 72 degrees here, so we spent a lot of time outside.  I told my friend Elaine it was like I had spring fever!  All the windows were open with a nice warm breeze floating in and out, and the wonderful smell of the outdoors...I couldn't concentrate on anything!  It was hard to fold laundry because my mind kept drifting.

  Have a great week, and I'll try to update again soon! 

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