he might tell you ikea is swedish for ice cream cone

play dough how to

Kansas Day! Bierocks, Redlegs and The Wizard of Oz

Kansas flag coloring page, bierocks (we also made sweet ones with apple butter inside,) why the red leg warmers (gaiters,) and a screening of the Wizard of Oz (thank you, Sarabeth)

second child: there aren't any pictures of him sleeping

it quickly became fingerpainting

spoons (or the view from the other side of the table)

down came the rain and washed the snow away

see, sad carrot nose

"Stars are twinkling/ Stars are bright/ Cowboy bunnies/ Say goodnight"

...but the fire hats are part of it

drawing with the shovel

it was snowman snow

missing the sandbox but the kitchen sink is almost as good

It turns out it wasn't the coughing

Thursday morning, Boon came into our bed at 4:30 am. He curled up next to Papa almost before Papa was awake. Later that day, after cough medicine and much couch time, I asked him,

M: What woke you up?

B: I couldn't find my good dreams.

M: And that woke you up?

B: I couldn't find my good dreams. But I found them. There were in your bed, under the covers.

his own stripes with stripes

(just like his brother)

it was a balmy 33, so we attacked the ice on the driveway

he's ready to vacuum

"bang-kets"

warmish coco and why I usually cut the big marshmallows into quarters (because they only actually eat one marshmallow's worth)

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