Unprompted

Miss M and Mr. A are really enjoying each other these days (well, most parts of the day anyway). Mr. A makes up games and tells Miss M what they're going to play and play she does. They even love to have dance parties together.

Miss M typically heads to bed before Mr. A and she bids good night to everything - her toys, her stuffed animals, her brother, etc. Tonight was no different.

Until Miss M and I got to the top of the stairs. We have an open balcony and we heard Mr. A shout up to his sister, completely unprompted, "'Night, sis! I LOVE you! Thanks for playing with me today. I have so much fun!"

And Miss M blew 2 kisses down the stairs. Sweet babies!!

Uniqua

One of Mr. A's favorite shows for a long time was a Nick Jr. staple - The Backyardigans. Pablo was his favorite character (he even had a Pablo cake for his birthday last year).

Mr. A has since moved on from the Backyardigans. He quite enjoys Super Reader or a little Scooby Doo now and then!

Apparently the Backyardigans love runs deep, however, because when we told Mr. A that we were going to have another baby in our family, he quickly informed us all:

"Mom, it's a girl baby and her name should be Uniqua."

We'll let you know in a few weeks if Mr. A is right - but only about the girl part - the name might require some further consideration. Welcome, Baby U!

Sucked In

Every morning I watch the re-cap and every night I stay up WAAAYYY too late watching the live results. I love, love, love all seasons of the Olympics. I am a sucker for the back stories. I'm a puddle of tears for every American on the podium whose proud mother is crying even harder than I am. That must be such a satisfying moment for all. Go USA!

Snowpocalypse 2010

That's what they were calling the massive snow storms we have had here lately. Friday night into Saturday dumped 2 feet. Tuesday night and ALL day Wednesday dumped an additional 18 - 24 inches.

On Saturday DH was home to hit the driveway with his trusty shovel and his two overqualified assistants (4 yr old Mr. A whose attention span with his large blue beach shovel was maybe a minute and Miss M, the 20 month old whose small yellow plastic beach shovel kept getting lost in the pile that the snow plow was leaving at the end of the driveway).

Yesterday, however, DH had gotten smart and left town. Our very generous (with his time AND his snowblower) neighbor schlepped over to our driveway and cleared us out. He wouldn't take my money, so I think I smell the cookies baking now. So thankful for nice neighbors!

There is so much snow on the ground and piled high on the streets that I have still not figured out how the mailman is delivering our mail because we can't even reach the mailbox (the snow is piled all around it and comes up to just below the door). That USPS - award-winning, I tell ya.

Meanwhile, the public schools are having a field day with this. 2-hr delay on Monday (from the storm that ended Saturday at noon), school cancelled Wednesday (understandably), today (also somewhat understandable to allow people to dig out and roads to be perfectly clear), AND tomorrow. Seriously? Tomorrow is just flat over the top. So ridiculous. As a result, Mr. A (whose preschool that we PAY for but runs off of the public school calendar b/c they think they can) has not had school this entire week. Anyone want an energetic 4 yr old to come burn some energy at their house?! :)

And, finally - they're calling for 3-6 inches of snow on Monday night. Awesome.