You know, the other day i was holding J while he slept. (He really only cat naps, so you might as well sit down for a bit when he falls asleep in your arms, as it won’t be long before he wakes up). He slept, and I could tell he was dreaming, as he had fleeting smiles, and lots of sucking motions. It was so sweet when he woke up, as i was looking at him, and he slowly opened hie eyes, and started smiling at me, so sweetly. He usually starts with a smile on one side of his mouth, then it progresses to a whole mouth smile. It is simply delicious.

Oh, and I have to brag a bit about how great my boy is, as he has been sleeping through the night since about Dec 3rd. He goes down between 8 and 9pm, and sleeps usually until about 8am. It’s amazing really. But, don’t hate me too much, as the older girl still doesn’t sleep through, and we are pretty much always awakened at least once by her!

It’s been a while since I posted a “R says” post. She makes me laugh all the time, but I always forget it! This happened with Daddy. We had company over, so I asked daddy to give R the 10 minutes until bedtime warning. He goes downstairs and tells R “You have 10 minutes until bed”. She argues that she doesn’t need to go to bed, so daddy proceeds to explain that her friend E has to go to bed, her friend C has to go to bed….and she interrupts with “Daddy, you are wasting my time”…! She finally clued in that she was missing preciouse play time with too much talking!

Today was the first day it actually snowed here. We had snow on the ground this morning, big thick heavy stuff. The kind that is just saturated with water in every shovel full. Then in the afternoon the temperature climbed above freezing, and once darkness hit, everything froze again, and now there is blowing snow. What a day. J’s first snow fall!! He didn’t mind being out with me in the afternoon, I had him in the sling, and walked around a bit outside.

Ok, I know I brag a lot about my kids, they are the best of course (:-)). I am however going to take a moment to brag about a contest I recently WON. Yes WON. Ok, I came in second place, but i got an actual PRIZE!! Check this out. It is for sun protective swim wear, and I must say I have turned a lot of family members on to them. I love the picture I submitted, I used it for R’s birthday invitation last year to her b-day party. It was taken on vacation in Mexico. Here is the site showing all the pictures.

A monumental day! Today at bedtime R actually read not only her home reading book, but her library book too! “When I was Little” by Jamie Lee Curtis. A very sweet book, about how a little 4 year old girl tells about the things she did when she was little, and the thiings she does now. It was so amazing to watch her. She mostly looked at the words, but I did see her eyes dart to the pictures when she encountered a word she didn’t know. But I must say she really did well, sounding out things she didn’t know! How amazing! I will take a picture tomorrow and post it.