New Look Etc.

My dear friend Elizabeth gave the site a face lift. I figured the pictures could be updated and she decided to take it one step further and give it a whole new look! Love it! So I won't take credit but wish I could.

Anyways, I'm at conferences again tonight so the boys are on their own. When I checked in they were eating Girl Scout cookies (at 5 pm) and about ready to order pizza for dinner. Got to love it when mom's not around! I think it was Hawaiian pizza too - which I don't like.

2 Day Birthday Celebration

Having a birthday on Leap Year isn't always bad; I get two days to celebrate! Yesterday I woke up and a gift was waiting for me. Adam and Gerrit got me a lavender scented eye pillow. I won't go into great detail as the reason behind it but I have one similar. I appreciated the effort behind the gift (he went to the Bibelot - a fav store of mine) and all but I will be returning it and as Adam put it 'getting myself something real nice' instead. Adam took Gerrit to coffee and I headed off to Lake City with a bunch of women for our first annual UFO day (UnFinished Objects). We had a variety of projects each were working on which was fun to see and hear about all the while looking out at Lake Pepin and admiring the view. (We often go here in the summer to swim and have never been there in the winter.) I worked on scrap booking and continue to make a dent in my photos. When I returned, Adam had brought home Chinese for dinner. I also walked in to a picked up house, a few loads of laundry completed, and the bathroom almost put back together! Adam has improved on his multitasking abilities! (That is a huge birthday present!!)

Today following church and my turn to teach Sunday school, we went to Bridget's for brunch. After naps we watched MSU win and headed out for my finale gift - dinner. We dropped Gerrit off at friends and headed to Roch to a nice Italian restaurant. We realized the last time we were there was for our anniversary which was when I told Adam I was pregnant. I made it clear that there were no big surprises I was going to drop on him this time! A coffee to go and a short visit at Dahlen's ended my birthday celebration.

I can handle not having a birthday 3 out of 4 years if I can celebrate for 2 days - I definitely milked it this year and will continue to do so in years to come!

Ash Wednesday

We went to the soup supper and church service last night to mark the beginning on Lent. During the service we had ashes put on our forehead. It was fun to watch Gerrit's reaction to it. He obviously couldn't see his head but looked perplexed at Adam's. And then to come back to the pew and see my forehead! It was a great distraction for a few minutes.

Sunday, Sunday

Adam and Gerrit slept in a bit too long to make it to church. When I returned from brunch following church this is what I found:

Later in the day Gerrit whined so much (it drove me crazy!) wanting his clothes off, I finally gave in. I heard about kids liking to be naked and was beginning to think my kid has now joined that club based on his actions. It was quite cool in the basement but he didn't mind.

I wasn't sure if he wanted to practice dressing himself:

Or perhaps getting ready for warmer temps:

Luckily by the end of the State game, Adam was able to get Gerrit's clothes back on; we are hoping this was an isolated incident and not a habit!

Following the basketball game, Adam and I went to an Oscar viewing party at the neighbors. We had a blast - not that we saw many of the movies that were up for awards, but it was fun to hang out with friends and eat yummy food. It was fitting seeing the hosts are the theater owners too! We met some new people and were in the company of good friends.

I'm Watching

Gerrit each morning when I start the car.

This is his favorite spot - he can stand on the 1st step and see the driveway. When I first left him in the house 'alone' to start the car he cried. When I returned he was not standing by the door waiting for me to come back. I thought it was odd but didn't think much more about it. After a few days of him disappearing when I started the car and hearing a pitter patter when I came back in, I finally realized he was watching out the window!

Reading

His new reading spot.

Can't Find Me!

Gerrit is 'hiding' from us.