4" - 6" of white, airy snow -- check.
Head-to-toe snowsuit with boots/hat/mitten combo -- check.
Saucer (extra slick model) -- check.
Energetic and equally excited Daddy -- check.
Small hill to throw one's self down on aforementioned saucer -- check.
Daredevil 2 year old who insists on going alone... face first -- check.
Adorable 4 month old immobilized from layers and a red bunting -- check.
Homemade hot chocolate waiting upon arrival at home -- check.
Long hot bath -- check.
Early bedtime -- check.
Pile of firewood for first fire of the winter -- check.
A truly wonderful weekend day.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Jan 10th
Can it really be January 10th? This isn't a quickie post about "where has the time gone?" (but really - where has it gone? My baby is 4 months old!), rather a post about the weather.
Ho hum and boring, you say.
No! This is seriously crazy stuff! It's 50 degrees out there today! And tomorrow it will be ever so slightly higher! All of you scared Californians really should come and visit in January, as it turns out. It's a very balmy month. Lovely, in fact.
We had some friends over to play this morning and we really should have been outside at a park, but we just weren't mobile fast enough. Maybe we'll hit the park post-preschool tomorrow...
Provided winter doesn't hang on until Memorial Day, I really am ready for a bit of snow. It'll justify a fire in the fireplace and all of my new wool socks. 50 is fleece vest weather. 20 is North Face parka weather. It's January 10th. Bring it.
Dear Mother Nature: This is not a request for a blizzard.
Respectfully yours,
Megan
Ho hum and boring, you say.
No! This is seriously crazy stuff! It's 50 degrees out there today! And tomorrow it will be ever so slightly higher! All of you scared Californians really should come and visit in January, as it turns out. It's a very balmy month. Lovely, in fact.
We had some friends over to play this morning and we really should have been outside at a park, but we just weren't mobile fast enough. Maybe we'll hit the park post-preschool tomorrow...
Provided winter doesn't hang on until Memorial Day, I really am ready for a bit of snow. It'll justify a fire in the fireplace and all of my new wool socks. 50 is fleece vest weather. 20 is North Face parka weather. It's January 10th. Bring it.
Dear Mother Nature: This is not a request for a blizzard.
Respectfully yours,
Megan
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Anew and right now
It's possible that New Year's may very well be my favorite holiday. Or at least a close runner up to Thanksgiving (I do love all that delicious cooking). No gifts... no pretense... and I must say that I do not feel pressure to be at the perfect party in the perfect dress with the perfect kiss at midnight. I've got that last one covered 365 days a year and the previous qualifications just don't matter anymore.
And so... here we are in 2012. It's refreshing to make new plans and even better to remind myself that This Moment is for now - only now. So, we should enjoy to our heart's content before it's over.
On New Year's Eve Day, Mike and Christopher and I sat at the breakfast table while Colin happily hung out in his bouncy chair. We talked about our favorite things from 2011. When we shared them, we realized that our favorites were the same.
Colin's birth came in at #1, not surprisingly. Labor Day 2011 was just magical. We woke up a family of 3 and went to sleep that night as a family of 4, all within our own home's walls. He's healthy and smiley, cooing and wiggling, bright-eyed and loving. We couldn't imagine anything more.
Our #2 favorite was our family vacation in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Seven straight days of walks and hikes and bike rides and lazy afternoon naps and toe-dipping in the lake. This was the second most precious memory to both Mike and me. One whole week of basking in the warm summer, complete with toddler toes and drippy ice cream cones. Just us. Bliss.
We've got a lot planned for 2012, but for right now I'm trying to remember to use/experience/relish whatever moment I'm in, just like my toddler does. In fact, I think that my baby knows how to do this better than I do, too. Trust me, if you could be on the receiving end of one of his heart-crushing giggles, you'd know what I mean.
And so... here we are in 2012. It's refreshing to make new plans and even better to remind myself that This Moment is for now - only now. So, we should enjoy to our heart's content before it's over.
On New Year's Eve Day, Mike and Christopher and I sat at the breakfast table while Colin happily hung out in his bouncy chair. We talked about our favorite things from 2011. When we shared them, we realized that our favorites were the same.
Colin's birth came in at #1, not surprisingly. Labor Day 2011 was just magical. We woke up a family of 3 and went to sleep that night as a family of 4, all within our own home's walls. He's healthy and smiley, cooing and wiggling, bright-eyed and loving. We couldn't imagine anything more.
Our #2 favorite was our family vacation in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Seven straight days of walks and hikes and bike rides and lazy afternoon naps and toe-dipping in the lake. This was the second most precious memory to both Mike and me. One whole week of basking in the warm summer, complete with toddler toes and drippy ice cream cones. Just us. Bliss.
We've got a lot planned for 2012, but for right now I'm trying to remember to use/experience/relish whatever moment I'm in, just like my toddler does. In fact, I think that my baby knows how to do this better than I do, too. Trust me, if you could be on the receiving end of one of his heart-crushing giggles, you'd know what I mean.
Happy New Year to you all!
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