Sarah's Thoughts- While the rest of the country is experiencing frigid arctic temperatures on this 18th day of January, it was 60 degrees here in Juneau, Alaska. 60 degrees! That's the makings for a pretty decent summer day around these parts. Even the wind was warm. Its really incredible the effect nice weather has me- mentally, physically, emotionally, the whole 9 yards. Today, I felt like I might go for a jog and loose 10 pounds, whistle a cheerful little song while deep cleaning my house, maybe volunteer at the old folks home, potty train Owen, and round out my day by inviting all my enemies over for dinner so we could work through our issues and end up best friends. Whew! Good thing the weather isn't like this all the time! Luke said its suppose to snow Wednesday... meanwhile, I'm loving it.
High: Hmmm.... dinner with my dear Dean friends? or dinner the next night with my sweet brother and his sweet Kristen? or maybe girl time at the baby shower today? or extended Christmas that keeps showing up on our doorstep? ...not to mention the beautiful weather... so hard to choose...
Low: Definitely the post-daycare fits that Owen has been throwing every evening around 5:20pm, just in time for mama. Big tears, crimson face, dolphin kicking, non-stop horse scream-crying, it's quite a show! We were going to try to video tape it for all to enjoy... maybe this week...
Luke Update- Luke has been reporting to the Sarah Palin every day this week between the hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm. In layman terms, I think this means that he rushes to get to his desk on time and then hangs out, chats with his co-workers, surfs the world-wide web, takes a walk down the street to the Heritage Coffee cafe for a tall mocha, maybe does 20 minutes of actual work and then takes off to pick up Owen from daycare. All in a day's work. (By the way, if you haven't chatted with Luke in awhile, you should send him an email- alaskan_waters@yahoo.com. He should have plenty of time to write back!) This weekend, Luke has been working with his table saw and drill press to fabricate some of his famous Woodruff Deer Calls- taking orders for next fall... One could be yours for only $35!
Owen Update- Bipolar would be a good word to describe Owen's week. On the days he went to daycare, the mornings and evenings were filled with lots of unconsolable crying. Such a lovely way to start and end the day! However, once Luke dropped him off, he was just fine. Insight anyone? I was worried the fits would carry over into the weekend, but Owen's mood has been great. I think its mainly adjusting to a new routine, coupled with recovering from the stomach flu and maybe a wee bit of teething thrown in. Something new that Owen has been doing recently is sound effects. He makes this low, raspy growl for motorized things like the vacuum cleaner or the hair dryer. He also makes this quick whispering "whit" "whit" blowing sound when he sees spray bottles or when Luke is shooting his bow. Another new thing he's been doing is taking stairs standing up like a big boy (with my help, of course). He's just such a big kid and I'm such a proud mama, in-love with my boy!
Uncle Jason brought this sweet spider man outfit
back for Owen from Thailand. Its still a little
on the big side, but pretty darn cute!
Guess what Owen is going to be for Halloween?
This is what 60 degrees on January 18 in Juneau looks like.
See the lake behind us?
We were skiing on that last weekend!
Uncle Christian and Kristen with Owen
when they came and cooked us dinner on Saturday.
(Notice the Peruvian tans. I'm so jealous!)
Real men take off their shirts to do the dishes!
Owen in his alpaca hat, from Peru
(I forgot to tell Christian about Owen's exceptional
head circumference... Luckily the hat stretches!)
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