Dapper

Pouring

A certain little someone in our house is very into pouring right now. Pouring what, you ask? Whole nuts in their shells, plastic alphabet letter, dried black beans - and anything else I can think of. They go in and out of whatever containers are currently in our recyling, plus a few measuring cups. It's very serious business. And it's sprouted a whole new list of words - "beans," "ohhhh no!" and "nuts!" are my current favorites.

A has also been pouring water in the bathtub and milk into his cereal (with a little help from mom), but I haven't been brave enough to give him containers of water outside of the bath. I think that's what summer is for.

Check out the concentration - it's palpable:

Coffee for lunch?

When I was little, I can very clearly remember my grandma microwaving coffee leftover from the morning to have with her lunch. She would put it in a cup - most likely one adorned with flowers that I had given her the Christmas before - and heat it until it was steaming hot. (It always smelled slightly burnt.) And then she would sit at the kitchen table, with her index finger through the cup's handle, sipping away. It was her break between the chores of the morning and the activity of the afternoon. I thought it was so...grandma-like. And icky.

Guess what I just did? Yes, it makes me laugh. And it's a bit scary, too.

What we've been up to

Eating fruit:




Knitting:


Braving surprise snow squalls:

Before work

Only 7 more days before we can spend all day taking self-portraits. That makes me ridiculously excited.