Hi All!
We’ve moved into another new year. We had a New Year’s party, welcoming 2017, complete with silly string, confetti poppers, and hats. We stayed up until 8:30pm, which doesn’t seem late, but Asher had already fallen asleep by the time we padded our tired, small bodies into our rooms. Daddy is officially moved back to CO, and he spent most of December at home, so that’s been great. He started a new job at a local non-profit last week. He’s getting into the groove and so are we…
Asher’s given up diapers during the day. So far, it’s been so-so. Sometimes he goes days without an accident. And sometimes he’ll have multiple accidents in one day. Check back in a bit about that one… He’s also moved fully into his Buzz Lightyear phase. We went to the stock show (he costumed as Buzz) and when asked if he wanted to buy a cowboy hat like his sister and brothers, he said emphatically, “No. I’m a space ranger.” He wears the costume to drop the big kids off at their enrichment classes. He wears it to the store. He wore it on the March. (This last one was also accompanied by a sign that read: Respect all Beings. I’m Buzz Lightyear. I’m always sure.) He reenacts scenes from Toy Story 2, and when he watches it he acts it out as Buzz. He’s deep in character. Like, all the way.
We had T-Bone’s birthday party last week. She turned six. (Six!) She choose to have friends come to our favorite local art studio and make ceramic owls. Then everyone ate owl cupcakes from their seats at an owl table clothed table. Sensing a theme? She asked that everyone support Heifer.org for her birthday nonprofit so that she could do her part for sustainable farming. Go Sweet-T!
Everyone’s pretty tired these days. Not sure if its the unpredictable weather? The business of having Daddy home and, therefore, the addition of almost-daily physical activities like biking and shooting our bow and arrows? But we’ve been hit more with tired-induced crankiness than before the holidays. And some sass and huffy attitudes have made semi-regular appearances. Mom and Dad are going to chalk it up to the change in routine and give it another week or two before putting us on complete lock down. Stay tuned…
For now, we look forward to Valentine’s Day, our private uke lessons (we switched from group classes), and hip-hop classes. Our weeks are full (or what feels full to us) and the thought of lazy summer days has already crept into our heads. (Though we’re scheduled for summer science and art camps, in addition to a local summer camp that we can attend when we want to go, so maybe not so lazy?) Cross your fingers for warm weather to hit in about a month (after what we hope is a lot of sledding snow) so we can resume our science night walks.
Chat soon,
The Pigs
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