It was a nice dinner

I am slowly but surely making my way through a mental list of people to have over for dinner.

HUH?

So the picture wasn't that good because I moved my camera.
then, my ipod got ANGRY and wouldn't take the picture, but I think you get the idea.

The best part was the chubby latin baby. You can't see her in the picture, but it was great.

Rector Chute- ducks

Birds at Rector Chute. The locals want to allow fresh flow through this backwater area.

When engineers spawn

you get a bob the builder baby shower.

Brilliant

Am I turning into THAT mom that every drawing my daughter does is brilliant? Bear with me on this, because this is the first time I have noticed her do this.

We paint often at our house. She really enjoys it, and it keeps her hands busy. So she always asks, "what should I paint." This day I told her snow white.

Do you see here. Look for her yellow dress and blue top. She even put the ribbon in her hair, at my request. I didn't realize what she was doing at first. I thought it was pretty cool. This is the first time I have seen her look at something and try to paint what she sees. She's brilliant. What can I say!

(oh and on a side note, she like the card way more than she liked her valentines gift. this princess thing is a real illness.)

double posted on peanut's parents.

New Buddy

One of the nice things about having a 3 year old is that I have a lot of random conversations with random people.

For example, on the bridge this afternoon we met this young fellow. (sorry no zoom on the iphone).

He was country. He was really excited and that was HIS DOG. He said in a super strong twang "THAT DOG GOT RUNNED OVER WHEN HE WAS A PUP. IT WAS A CRITICAL SITUATION." just like that. a 4 year old was telling me it was a critical situation. He was also excited to see the "SEA GULLS. NO. NOT SEAGULLS. LAKE GULLS."

The thing that was so cool about him was that peanut instantly wanted to follow him. "i want to pet his dog." "I need to catch up." "That boy told us to run." She would tuck her head to her chest and run up the bridge as fast as her two feet wearing the wrong shoes could carry her.

Resolutions

It looks like we will finish the kitchen in February. This weekend we put the stainless, and Mr. T. tiled. We only need to finish out the tile, and hang the ventahood. Hurray we are so close.

I put the beer in the picture because I think I am going to give up alcohol for Lent. I might also give up sugar. It is really a two fold resolution because I think giving these things up will help me in my fitness goals. I realize Lent isn't about goals, but if it works...