We've been having some fun around here. Ada and Tony built an awesome snow fort in the back yard.
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| Ada's using one of my old snow boarding mittens as a cast cover- works PERFECTLY! |
The chickens are doing just fine. We get 2-3 eggs a day and have had extras to share with friends which is nice. I'm looking forward to spring to make a few adjustments to the coop that will make it easier for the girls to help with chores and maybe to add pavers or some sort of walkway out to and around the coop since it gets pretty trashed.
The girls are playing more and more together which I simply love. Since Emma is more verbal and they seem to really like each other at this stage in their lives they entertain each other which is very helpful and sweet to watch. But if you watch to the end of the video you'll see that's not without it's issues sometimes;) I believe they were making a "store" here but it's hard to tell and sometimes I don't ask, I just let them do whatever. These little foam puzzle things are the current most played with item.
They ended up working it out: with a little prompting Ada asked again nicely and Emma agreed not to flip the pieces on the floor and they carried the book together.
They pretended to be cats.
I was able to visit Ada at school and she showed me a few things she's been doing. Pretty cool to see her working with her left hand.
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| Transferring marbles |
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| Math work |
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| Sensory bin with split peas. She just filled all the little cups with a mini scoop all left handed. |
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| Checking out a shark jaw and teeth with a magnifying glass. |
It will not quit precipitating around here. Seriously every day it feels like we get snow or rain or freezing rain and even though I hate to be one of those people who complains about the weather it really is getting ridiculous. It's made more annoying by the water coming into our basement window. I feel badly that I didn't notice it sooner because it must have been happening for a while (through the guest room window where we hardly ever go- yes I'm sure this post will elicit many requests to come visit us) and could have been much less bad if I had- oh well, live and learn I guess. Luckily Tony was home and he did lots of work bailing out the window well, wet vac-ing, pulling up the carpet, setting up fans, and moving the very heavy dehumidifier. It seems to be MUCH better now but the basement is still torn apart. My positive spin is that I'm telling myself I will use this as an opportunity to purge.
The Musical
Ada had her first viola concert and it was great! Her school had a combined band and orchestra concert with the middle school band and the pre-K- middle school strings. I had to use the bow for her since she can't hold it right now but she handled herself on stage like a pro! And we got frozen yogurt after which was also pretty fun.
Very nice snow fort - glad to see Tony hasn't lost his magic touch with snow. The video is adorable! Emma is talking so much more than she was at Xmas. I love that the girls like to wear dresses; they're both so pretty!
ReplyDeleteAda seems to be doing remarkably well with her left hand. Maybe some good will come out of the broken thumb, poor thing.
Love Emma in the puddle - what is it about mud?
And last of all, I'm so sorry about your basement. We've had extensive experience with flooded basements, and it's no fun. But nothing clears things out like a flood!