New Boots!

We had a nice, relaxing weekend, interspersed with fun! Best of all...it didn't snow like it did the weekend before. Yeah, it was bitterly cold, but the sun was out part of the time and that helped my disposition. On Friday night, we went out for dinner at our favorite restaurant that recently reopened in a new location after being closed for several years.

On Saturday morning gma and gpa came to visit for a bit. Big Squirt and gma read and put stickers in a Snow White book. Little Squirt closed her eyes and burrowed into Cool Daddy-O's shoulder the entire visit. She's going through some interesting phase. You see, since January, whenever gma or the world's coolest children's librarian are near by, she just kinda freaks out and tries to disappear. We haven't quite yet figured it out.

Last week, due to all the snow, school was cancelled for 3 1/2 days. Big Squirt was all out of sorts and missing me after a full day of school on Friday. I promised her a "date" on Saturday. We had lunch at her favorite resaurant (aka "the chicken leg place"). She told the restaurant staff she planned to eat 400 pieces of chicken. She managed to eat 1% of her prediction. We then ran a few errands and bought supplies for Valentines. Our search for the perfect snow boots took us 10 miles north on a windy, blustery day. Our speed topped out at 45 mph due to the blowing snow and accumulating snow/ice combo on the road from all the blowing. We found some cool boots that will keep her feet dry. After all that hard work, we went to our favorite coffee house, where we played Monopoly Jr. and Clue Jr., snacked and drank tea.

Little Squirt just climbed up on my lap. She wants to help and wants me to tell her which buttons to push. a There...she's feeling pretty cool, she got to push a button. Now for the e button. d.....She excitedly announced "I pushed a d".

Little Squirt and Cool Daddy-O hung out at home and stayed warm. They were going to go to the library, but she was afraid she might run into someone there and she'd have to close her eyes and disappear....so they stayed home.

On Sunday we went to a Birthday party for Little Squirt's friend at the FUN place. We all ate at the chicken leg place in a nearby town with another friend and her mommy. The rest of the day Sunday, we just vegged out and relaxed...preparing for another fun filled week of school and Valentine parties.