Being snowed in...

creates too many oppurtunities for a 3 year old to get into trouble. We are in the process of renovating our sunroom. Josie has been told numerous times not to go into the sunroom; notice the makeshift barrier board Tony put up.

Josie's version of what happened: "I was making a slide with the white boards."

So where did the paint come into play?? I think she is missing some details to her story.

We don't know how the paint got spilled, but my guess it that she tried to lift the can onto the top of her slide. The can was probably too heavy for her and she dropped it. It was close to a full GALLON!

Luckily, our new carpet has not been laid yet. That would have made the situation a lot worse. We just cut out the section and threw it in the trash. It did get onto the kick board that leads into our family room. For the most part it is clean now, but some evidence of white paint remains.

I look at it as -no broken bones, no blood- so nothing to get worked up about. We are only out $40 from the lost paint. I think I can handle that!

Out-takes

Weeks 33-36

I am finding it is getting harder and harder to get Grant to pose for his weekly pictures. He has no interest in looking at the camera, and his main goal is to find the paper and eat it. I have tried everything to divert his attention away from the paper sign. Nothing is working!
Last week was his 8 month milestone. He is all boy; rough, tough, eats a lot, and will not stay still for diaper changes. His hair is coming in more and it is getting darker, taking after his dad. His latest favorites are pulling himself up on furniture and sweet potato puffs.

Weeks 29-32

Christmas

Christmas, like every other year, was a whirlwind of events...

Christmas Eve: Francis family gathering and my family's Christmas at my parents
Christmas Day: 7:30 mass, breakfast at our house with my family, opening gifts from Santa, a visit with my Grandma & Grandpa Simon, ending with Tony's family Christmas party
Day After Christmas: The extended Bergman family Christmas

With so much going on you really have to tell yourself to slow down and take it all in. The kids were so much fun to watch. Josie was petrified of Santa. She was so scared of him that she would tell us she already had enough toys, no new ones were wanted, and Santa could skip right over our house. But after seeing the gifts he brought on Christmas morning her dislike of him decreased slightly. It was neat to see the difference in her outlook of Christmas from the last two years to this year. Last year she was still in the "what is going on" stage. This year she got the idea of it and her excitement was through the roof. It will be fun to see Grant go through the same thing in the next several years.

Now that the holiday season is over I dread taking down all the gifts. Not that it is a chore to take everything down, but it is sad to see that another Christmas has come and gone.

Our family wishes all of you a healthy and prosperous new year!

Ewww

This is how we found Grant after a nap. Even covered in spit up he still keeps a smile on his face.

They Grow Up Too Fast

Today as we were leaving the Jackie's, the babysitter's house, I was complimenting Josie on how proud I was of her for getting into her carseat by herself and buckling one of the buckles. It seems minor but when there are two to put into carseats and it is freezing out any saved minute is appreciated. She gives me one of those "I'm thinking up something smart to say" looks and I can just see her wheels turning. Just then she says, "I guess that means I am big enough to drive now."