Sarah’s Thoughts: After a month of company, we are slowly remembering how to wash our own dishes and be parents again. It was really wonderful to have my folks stay for such a long period of time. We were able to relax and enjoy living together instead of feeling pressured to cram all our visiting in a brief period of time. So sad to see them go. It is amazing that January is drawing to a close already. You have to be mentally shrewd this time of year, because it seems like spring is right around the corner but it’s really not. There are at least another two months of winter in which we get the most snow and the most cold and flu viruses. It is O.K. to get excited about the day light though. According Luke, daylight expert, we're gaining 30 minutes this week!
low- always cold, fingers and toes.
high- celebrating five wonderful years with my Luke and listening to my smart Owen count to 10!
Luke Update: The state legislature started this week and unlike other years, Luke has found himself quite busy. This is largely due to the fact that he’s the only full-time returning employee in the office so he finds himself in the middle of all questions, training and trouble-shooting. So far, I think he’s enjoying work simply because the busy-ness is making the days go by faster. He’s also started the prep work to make a new laminated wooden fishing net for this coming season. Despite my warnings, Luke is optimistic that spring will be here before we know it and with it, bear hunting, grouse hunting, steelhead fishing, basically heaven on earth. Today he squeezed in trips to both the archery range and the rifle range. That’s my husband!
Owen Update: Owen’s favorite phrases these days is “Me do it!” and “No!”. Is that officially “terrible twos”? I’ve taught him a new phrase, “please pretty mommy?” which will hopefully help to soften his often demanding dialogue. I’m realizing that he is able to do more and more by himself. At his insistence, he successfully climbed out of the car by himself yesterday, but then failed to successfully put on a fresh diaper, so he has some things to learn... ;) He’s still very much all about dinosaurs and has to sleep with a different dino book each night. That way, he’s able to quickly grab the book, his snuggly fleece blanket and convince mama to join him in some dino reading first thing every morning. That’s lucky for everyone involved. This morning, he was showing his plastic dinosaurs pictures of themselves in all of his dino books. He found his big plastic T-Rex and showed it all the t-rex pictures, then grabbed velociraptor and showed it all the pictures of other velociraptors, then grabbed triceratops... you get the idea.
