Monday, January 15

• E made everyone's beds
• Eggnog French toast for breakfast. "I'm Glad" poem. Flower fairy poems.
• Pete called...he IS coming home for dinner, so no applesauce & cottage cheese for dinner tonight. Change-up req'd emergency split pea soup.
• MED played "friends" and drew while I cleaned up kitchen and made dinner
• Moved living room around to accomodate C's play-yard. Bye-bye to the altar area for the next few months. Realized that there is just too many little things on the floor (dirt and toys and other) to have Caroline free-crawling. She has to either be totally supervised, in the backpack or in the play-yard. She has FINALLY rolled over from back to tummy. Geez!
• Caroline went down for a nap
• did Pattern blocks with med for a LONG TIME (probably 45 minutes). They loved it; didn't want to quit.
• Read "Angel In the Waters" with Madeleine alone. Good discussions about creation, angels, babies in tummy, etc. ED played with blocks and people.
• Raggedy Ann story hour. brought out the RA dolls and read chapter 2. Talked about the illustrations
• Madeleine played RA while I prepped lunch. ED continued with blocks and people in liv rm.
• lunch. lots of discussion about daddy, snow, cold weather, animals
• girls outside to play & sled. Caroline woke up, fed her, then we went ouside too.
• More sledding, then went for a walk. Girls outside for about 2 hours. Home to make "Lemon Ice" from The Lemon Sisters
• Quiet time - MED in sleep sacs for last run of the Christmas Cat Chat CD
• Uncle Charlie called, talked for 30 minutes. Laundry switch, diapers in, nursed Caroline.
• ME played friends/camping in their room, D played w/Caroline in play yard while I got dinner on table.
• Lots of books tonight before bed. Pete still coughing.