Jan 25-31

Jan 25



Belle was so wiped out from our errands for the day that
she pooped right out
and slept in the car
(in the garage)
for about two hours.

Unfortunately, the garage light was not on
when she woke up so she began screaming and had to
snuggle on the couch to recover.


Jan 26



The only pictures taken today were of the various projects that have been completed lately in our house.

This one is of one section of wall in Belle's room.

We found wall stickers of
flowers
and
fairies
and
butterflies
at the dollar store and stocked up.

The cloud is something I made for a luncheon when Belle was a baby, but I've kept them
(there are three of them)
with the intention of using them in one of the girls' rooms.

It is raining
stars
in this case, but most the other clouds are raining
butterflies.


Jan 27



We have been enjoying ALL the birds that have taken residence in
(or have been flying over)
our town.

There are sometimes HUGE flocks or geese flying overhead
or gulls circling the WalMart parking lot
(why is that?).

Today, a flock of geese decided to land in our corn field.

It is so beautiful to see them circling lower and lower with their
wings spread out
landing or taking off.

Getting a picture is difficult, but they were so close today.

I believe these ones are taking off.


Jan 28



Leia has been doing a lot of puzzles lately.

This particular one has been completed at least three times this week.

It is a collage of
Disney character couples.

We were surprised that we couldn't identify some of them.

We have also done a small collection (4) of
Christmas puzzles
that we found at the dollar store.

We like them because they all have
snowmen.


Jan 29



This month, Chick-fil-A has been having
Tuesday night and Friday morning promotions.

Kids eat free every Tuesday, but they have had kid activities as well.

Last week was a snowman made out of a paper plate
and this week was an ice cream sundae.

Friday mornings,
which we heard about just in time for the last one,
they offered a free breakfast item - no strings attached.

This week was mini chicken sandwiches. Basically a nugget inside a tiny roll.
They were delicious.

There was also a bank there holding a raffle and handing out free drinks.

Even better, we ran into a bunch of friends
so the kids played and the moms chatted for about two hours.

We even received the
leftovers from the breakfast menu
once they stopped serving.

We got an additional box of hashbrowns and a breakfast burrito.

Cha-ching!

Oh, and the cow came out
(eat mor chiken)
for an appearance just as we were leaving.

Belle was so excited,
she said she wanted to give the cow a hug.

Leia was not so impressed as she hid behind mommy.


Jan 30



Rex was making car noises
- like he did when he was a baby -

while playing Mario Cart this afternoon and

turning his body as well as the steering wheel.

It is so much fun watching the learning curve at work.


Jan 31



Mom spent all day trying to hide in a
dark, quiet room with a

horrible migraine,

but she snuck out of her secret room once
and took this picture of the girls watching a movie in the basement.

Soooo exciting.