Here's hoping for Spring

Well, it's in the upper 40s today and raining (thankfully not snowing) which reminds me of early March and the promise of spring. Please, please, please come soon. Henry seems to love winter and the snowball fights (which are kinda fun) but it's so cold we can only stay out for ten minutes or so. Last weekend the temps were so low and the kids were so stir crazy, I actually carried about ten buckets of snow inside from the porch and poured them in the bathtub and the kids had all kinds of fun playing in the snow while still staying warm.

We're doing great here. Everyone is healthy and for the most part happy. Some temper tantrum issues from Henry, but that's pretty normal. Cora is still just a delight and it's so fun to help her discover her words. "Juu" for juice, "shuu" for shoe, "gok" for sock, "ank-uuu" for thank you, and other fun ones. My favorite right now is if she needs you and you aren't paying attention to her, she will walk up to you and place her hand against your cheek and gently (okay, not so gently) turn your head until you are looking right at her and she has your full attention. It really works !! The other one is she will pat (okay, pound) on your leg until you look at her.

Henry is enjoying birthday parties with his friends, swimming at the local Y, building snowmen, throwing snowballs, and playing with his christmas presents. Tomorrow we are going to the local performing arts theatre where they are bringing in a Bob the Builder show, which doesn't mean much to most of you, but he's pretty excited to see Bob live on stage.

Dan had surgery last week on his shoulder and is recovering nicely. They thought he had a torn rotator cuff, but it turned out to only be torn cartilage so the surgery wasn't as involved thankfully.

I'm doing well - not working unfortunately. Things in the legal community have really slowed down lately, similar to the entire economy, so I'm catching up on scrapbooks, cleaning out the basement, and have taken Cora out of daycare a few days a week so she can stay home with me. We are really having fun together and enjoying our one-on-one time without big brother around to steal the toys she is playing with !! Hope all of you are doing well and I'll look forward to reading from you. Kudos to the Arizona boys for doing so well blogging on here so often. How about the rest of you ????? Love - Carin