The Snowy Day

If you are reading this...thanks for being a faithful follower of the blog! It's been too long...two months too long...since I last posted. So much has happened that I have felt overwhelmed and uninspired to write...but I think our snow storm finally inspired me!

Let me just begin by saying if your child has only ever lived in Hawaii....good luck with coats. Clay spent so much of his time only in diapers or with just t-shirts on when we were there...now clothes are a problem. So, it goes without saying that a snowsuit is a big deal to him. About a week ago I pulled out all of our winter/Christmas books. We've read Ezra Jack Keats book "The Snowy Day" at least twice a day, every day, since then...so Clay has been familiar with snow and I've really been building up the fact that Peter wears a snowsuit in the book. Yesterday, when we woke up there was about an inch of snow on the ground and it snowed all day. It was beautiful (and like Peter in the book I was delighted that the snow was still there this morning!). Clay had such a great time making "choo-choo tracks" in the snow and finding snow on all of his toys. Today he said, "Wet's (let's) go in the snow, wike (like) Peter! It's soooo cold!" I think by the end of the day it had snowed at least 3 inches and our yard really looked like a post card. It was so sparkly this morning, I just wanted to sit upstairs and drink tea and read a book. Too bad that didn't happen because someone wanted to go downstairs and play with his trucks. But, I did get to eat breakfast and look out the window, so that made me a little bit happy.

In the past few months...Clay has held up to his typical demeanor...going from angry to excited and sweet in a matter of seconds. He is so chatty and has a really big vocabulary...which is good...I can't imagine his volatile personality if he were frustrated about speaking! These days he is still loving trucks & trains...but his favorite thing is to pretend that he is a baby animal. At night we ask him what kind of baby he is and he says, "Baby sheep" or "Baby mouse" or "Baby birdie" and the newest one "Baby Lion!" He can pretend he is an animal all day long. His other character that he pretends to be is "Fireman." He wakes up and puts on his fireman boots and becomes "fireman". I guess his imagination is not a problem...along with his chatty tongue.

I'm feeling like I'm about to have a baby...because she's due in just about 2 weeks. Evy's room is ready to go...except for curtains because we are in a fabric crisis...but I know Tutu will find it soon! I had a doctor's appointment earlier this week and everything seems to be going fine.

You know it's been too long since you blogged when people are begging...and even you're hometown school Superintendent emails you to tell you to blog! So, I'll try to get a few more blogs in before Evy arrives!