Farewell Hair

He was the most patient, charming little hair-cut-ee in the history of children's haircuts.  Right away he found something in common with his stylist = animals.  See her kitty pictures? Just try stopping him talking after he found out she had a cat.

Luke's first professional haircut.

Decorating the Womb

little hands

it was hard to get a profile shot because baby kept looking at the camera.

These ultrasound photos are almost two months old, but I finally scanned them in and thought they'd illustrate a point.  The point is:  my womb is a tight fit for this baby!  See how his/her little legs are all scrunched up?  I know I don't look big, folks, but this baby is just as big as s/he should be and my uterus is measuring right on track and I feel just as pregnant as the woman who looks like she can't touch her fingertips around her belly at 27 weeks.

The most interesting sensation so far has been the one just as I'm falling asleep at night.  I am certain, in those moments when I feel dizzy from all the baby's tumbling, that this baby is redecorating the womb.  Maybe we have an interior designer on our hands.  There's paint rollers going up and down.  There's nails being hammered into the walls for newly framed photos.  There's furniture getting pushed out of the way, and almost inevitably my bladder is in the little one's way and before the decorating is complete I have to make a trip to the bathroom.  I know nothing about fung shue ( I probably didn't even spell that right), but this kid's got a big job trying to decorate in such a tight space.

Living in Manitoba ain't so bad.

This morning Adeline had us over and before heading out to play in the snow and try out her new snow shoes she fed us delicious cheese biscuits with honey and oranges from California!  I nearly fell asleep in her rocking chair with my cup of tea, but after getting out and making snow angels, digging and climbing through a tunnel (a first for me!), and trying out her snow shoes (also a first), we were all rosy cheeked and hungry for another meal.

A Drift to Remember

Luke drew these whales this morning.  I was really impressed with their resemblance to actual whales, and sad that they were drawn on a white board and not on a piece of paper to put in his scrapbook...(um, does he actually have a scrapbook? -no.  But maybe someday...)

We have friends over to pass the January time.

Today was finally mild enough to go outside.  So into the backyard we went!  After Derek scraped off the deck, that is.

I don't know if you can tell how HIGH up Luke is on that drift.  He's above the cold frame that I left in my vegetable box, and at about the same height as the top of our compost bin = 4ft!  That drift is deep!

You may look at this picture and think it's cute until you see the next one...then you'll think I'm a terrible mother.

Yep, he lost his boot in that big drift and I didn't notice until he had run across the entire backyard in his stockinged foot.

But I redeemed myself by digging it out for him.  That's what Mom is for, right?

This is what I was doing while Luke was losing his boot.

Today was sunny and frigid. I hate to say it, but these clouds might be welcome.

Tonight

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• -29°C
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Sun

• -3°C
•  windchill -35 in the morning
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Mon

• -12°C
• -10°C
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Tue

• -5°C
• -18°C
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Wed

• -5°C
• -11°C
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Thu

• -7°C
• -17°C
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Fri

• -7°C
• -13°C

I never have to do my hair again!

Our empty day.

Luke's big boy bed is complete - handles and all!  Doesn't it look sharp?

We went out and bought yarn.  I need a new toque, and there's a sweater/shawl I want to try with this blue stuff.  I loved the brown but couldn't make myself buy something so...drab, especially this time of year.  So blue it is.

click on this photo to see the yarn up close.  It's got amazing little strings and textures in it.  I just love it!

Cheese thief.  We made pizza and black bean salad and I ate and ate and ate because it was all TOO delicious.  Then I ate Tums.