January 31

Elliott was moved to a new room in the nursery at church. This is his first craft.

The girls got the haircut today and the hairdresser straightened Kat's hair out. It looked really cute. Clay wants me to do it every day - yeah right!

January 30

It was 48 degrees this afternoon, so we played outside for awhile and enjoyed some fresh air and sunshine.

January 29

Mamaw G is home from the hospital now, but is very weak and Papaw cannot care for her alone. For now Susie and Pat are helping, but hopefully she'll be moved to rehab soon until she gets her strength back.

Last night Clay and I had a date night, but almost as soon as we got to the restaurant I started feeling lousy. I couldn't eat my food(!). We came home after dinner and lounged on the couch in our pajamas. I feel fine this morning.

This is Julia's bedhead. Tornado Julia must have struck in the middle of the night again!

Yesterday at breakfast Elliott used a spoon for the first time. He did great with the oatmeal. He ate applesauce for dinner and was wearing most of it.

January 28

Prayer Request: Mamaw G has been in the hospital for 3 days now with pneumonia. She is getting ready to be released (praise). However, she's still very weak and Papaw cannot take care of her at home. But the Rehab facilities can't accept her either because she is too weak to walk herself to the bathroom, etc. Pray that this is resolved in everybody's best interests! Also pray for Pat as she is exhausted and it doesn't look like she's going to get a break any time soon.

Last night Julia's school had a skate party, so the girls and I went roller skating. Kat started out holding my hand (which was not so great since I am not very steady on skates myself anymore). After a couple of laps, she let go and did much better skating on her own - very slowly.

This was Kat's favorite part of the night - a Slushee (Are you surprised? Not!)

My big girls!

Whooped!

Julia skated all by herself all night. She fell alot because she tried to go fast. But she'd get right back up and skate some more.

January 27

Yesterday was the 6th snow day from school. The first few were alot of fun. Now I am tired of them. The kids were restless, bouncing off the walls, and fighting alot. Calgon, take me away!!!

Hungry, Elliott? Maybe if I put people food in the dog bowl, Elliott wouldn't be such a picky eater!

January 26

Elliott got his hair cut yesterday. He did great! Give the boy a sucker and he's happy as a lark!

Sucker drool and loose hair makes quite a mess!

All done! (PS- his lips are still blue!)

January 25

Clay stayed home from work yesterday because he was sick. Mamaw took Kat for the day so they could have some 1x1 time. So it was just me, Elliott, and Clay. Elliott took a 3 hour nap and I got a TON of stuff done around the house and some errands run. Clay went to the doctor and got antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection. Hopefully he'll be feeling better soon.

I think it's safe to say that he will enjoy swimming this summer!

We put a booster seat at the table for Elliott yesterday. He looks like such a big boy! Now we're going to have to buy some more chairs or a bench for the table so we can get rid of the highchair for good!

I love the way toddlers run!

January 24

Last night we had a Family Movie Night. Gus didn't want to be left out.

Yesterday morning we stayed home from church. Elliott's still getting over the crud, so I didn't want him in the nursery when there are so many cooties going around. Elliott was going to stay home with Clay, but Clay woke up with a low-grade fever and was achy, so he was banished to the bedroom for the day.

Instead, I took the kids to the Louisville Slugger Museum. It had free admission, so I figured if it's not interesting to the kids, at least it won't cost anything. They ended up enjoying it. both girls were shocked to learn that baseball bats (and anything wood) came from trees. They kept listing things in the house made out of wood and asking if it came from a tree too.

Posing in front of the giant bat. It was freezing outside - low 20s! Brrr....

The girls favorite part of the museum was the souvenir bats they each received. Elliott likes to chew on his. Extra fiber, right?

January 23

Happy Birthday Mamaw G!

Yesterday we took the girls (and Elliott) to a "Princess Garden Party" at the Disney Store. It was crowded, but the girls had a lot of fun. Clay and Elliott ended up walking the mall while the girls and I were at the party because it was so crowded (and there was just a little too much pink for them). Did I mention that it was crowded?

Belle and Ariel are ready!

They were holding hands!!! I had to get a picture of that!

A sugar cube/tea cup relay race

Decorating a tea cup with jewels

I got some ideas for Kat's birthday party at least!

For lunch we used a gift card to Texas Roadhouse. Julia asked me to take a picture of her looking like she was going to eat all the peanuts. Silly Jules!

January 22

While Elliott napped, the girls and I played outside in the snow. We put food coloring and water in a water bottle and decorated the snow. Next time I am going to have some squirt bottles on hand for this. The girls enjoyed it, but they used up their water quickly.

We also made Snow Cones:
2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Water
1 Packet Kool-Aid

Mix sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add Kool-Aid. Cool in fridge in a pitcher. Pour over snow!