Funny quote I found on-line today

Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, 'I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!'?

-Calvin, from Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes"

Where's Micah?

Do you remember "Where's Waldo?" He was the guy in a red and white striped shirt with glasses that you'd have to find hiding on a page with a gazillion other images on it. Well today Micah had a Waldo moment. He quietly climbed on top of his nicely organized toys and sat nestled in between them and my desk. He blended in quite well. Kinda looked like he fit there. Then I realized it probably isn't such a good idea to let him treat blocks and Lincoln Logs (what he calls "Blinkin' Blogs") as a chair.

Hi-ho, hi-ho it's off to work we go!

After about 4 months of taking a sabbatical from working on our house, we're back in action. And it feels good! Motivated by our recent home plumbing repair, we've picked up paintbrushes, rollers, respirators and Spackle to complete the lower level that we've near forgotten about (2 bedrooms, a bathroom and hallway). Aside from the light fixture, we've completed the smaller room downstairs:

Crayon wrapper peeler

When Micah was first introduced to crayons, he had a fascination with breaking them in half. I picked up a pack of Jumbo Crayons to help fight his urge to snap 'em like twigs, but he was still successful in making two out of one. Thanks to Karen in CA, Micah received super jumbo crayons, and his breaking frenzy was over. But yesterday he discovered a new joy - peeling wrappers off of crayons. I knew it was bound to happen...

28-year old grandma

So the funniest thing happened today...I was baby-sitting for my church's women's Bible study (which I do every Thursday), and we were painting with water color. Last time we did water color, I was making a birthday card for my niece Lillyann, and one of the little boys wanted to make one too. So this time, the same little boy wanted to make another birthday card. I told him that I'd already sent Lillyann her birthday cards, but my sister Rachel's birthday was coming up in February if he wanted to make one for her. He agreed. The other kids at the table all started making cards and pictures for Rachel's birthday too. One of the girls piped up and asked, "How old is she going to be?" I replied "28." "Wow!" she said, "that's old." And then just a moment later, without looking up from the beautiful painting she was so carefully creating, she inquired, "Is she a grandma?"

Fun at the library

Micah and I frequent storytime at the library on certain weekdays. Today the library had an extra program - a room filled with different children activity stations themed off of a book. He loved it!! Here are some photos of only a few of the stations - there were many other things to do that my camera didn't adequately capture. :-)

Stamping:


Making a crown:


Playing with water:

Tubby paid us a visit

Our backyard squirrel, Tubby, could be seen outside our kitchen window this afternoon for a moment. His brief appearance proved that he can take care of himself and find food even in a Michigan winter. He may have even gained weight since the last time I saw him...