Saturday Update

It's snowing outside - the weather forecast yesterday predicted snow squalls, but the mushy snow I walked through to get to the mailbox and to load stuff for Goodwill in the back of my car is more of a snowstorm versus a 'squall'.

Our garage is turning into something the show 'Hoarders' would be interested in, so I was out there trying to bring a little order into the chaos and trying to find the book "Venus Envy" to mail out to the nice person who purchased it from my half.com store.

Meanwhile, a roast is in the crockpot, and I have a free hour to get caught up on blogging.  The Christmas tree is sitting on the landing, waiting for me to get the motivation or inspiration to put the lights on it.

News tidbits for the week:

This coming week we have another follow-up with Dr. Choe.  Micah's ear canal has been without stents for almost three weeks.  He seems to be doing so very well with talking.  This morning, in the middle of a tiff with his sister, Micah asked her in the clearest of voices, "Why are you angry with me?"  It was just so cute. 

This past week there was a classroom shuffle at Micah's school.  Three children including his friends from the parent-infant group days, Dov and Connor, have moved into Micah's class; two children moved on to another teacher.

We have a new cousin !  And the kids seemed excited to hear the news.  On December 4 the family and the world welcomed Emma Quinn, whose birth promoted her sister Elise to big sisterhood. 

Yesterday both children came back to the office after school, usually it's just Micah.  Once they devoured some of Earla's birthday cake, ran through the halls (hours had ended for the day), we went down the street to to a place I've purchased our Christmas tree in the past.  They had fun running through the rows of trees looking for 'the one' - my eye fell on a beautiful, tall tree, but it had a $125 price tag and would need a step ladder to be able to decorate it.  We settled on one slightly smaller and half the price, and it's still enormous.