Valentine's Daying and Loads of Playing

We had a good Valentine's Day this year. Addie ran into my room as soon as she woke up and said, "Mom, I woke up and looked around and there are hearts all over! Come look!" I followed her as she ran down the hall, and she exclaimed, "It's amazing!" as we entered her room. She asked who did it and I just said, "It must have been someone who loves you." I caught her admiring them at various times throughout the day, but it wasn't until that night that she guessed it was me.


Later that day we made chocolate pudding (Addie licked all the dishes clean from that). We also decorated our kitchen (and Daddy's slippers and bathrobe) with paper hearts. We had a fancy dinner (with heart-shaped breadsticks even!) and followed it all up with a family dance party. I was having too much fun to remember to take pictures of it all. Jason gave me a new pillow since I am very much dissatisfied with the one I have, and probably mention it nearly every night. What a dear husband!

Last Friday was a beautiful day and Addie wanted to go to the park. I told her I'd take her to the school playground as soon as the kids got out of school. She kept looking out the window all morning, waiting to see the school kids. She was downstairs in the playroom when they finally started coming home, screaming and singing at the top of their lungs as is customary with these particular kids. She ran upstairs and we put on our shoes and headed out. She had a coat and hat, but it was too warm to wear them the entire time.

Here she is going down the giant tongue slide. It's kind of scary since it doesn't have sides. This is one of those newfangled playgrounds that doesn't have swings, just random contraptions that take time to figure out.

It does have a 4-person teeter-totter though, which is pretty rad. It was nice to have a spring-ish day in early February, although we wouldn't be opposed to some good snow to play in, either.

Addie and I made muffins in our new oven last week (yay oven!). Addie was helping me get the ingredients out, one of which was a carrot. She put it right on her nose and started giggling. I took her picture, and then she insisted on taking mine.


Warning: this will turn the end of your nose a lovely shade of orange. Sometimes I feel bad that Jason has to go to work and I get to stay home and play... but then we have a day of whining, potty accidents, laundry, tears, and constant opposition and I don't feel so bad anymore. (Well, maybe just a little still.)