Day 34- Hands

Today's assignment is HANDS.  I can think of no better picture than these beautiful hands I get to mold every single day. These hands are the reason I want to go to work each and every day. These hands have to work so much harder than most hands their age, and give back much more to me than I can give to them. Each one of these special hands teaches me things I've never known, and allow me to feel things I've never felt. They fill my days with love, laughter and inspiration.  I feel incredibly blessed to hold each of these hands 180 short days of my life.  

Day 33- words

Today's topic was "words"  And while I debated on what in the world I should take a picture of, I remembered this treasure on my desk at work. Elizabeth loves to make pictures and write notes for people, esp mommy, daddy and Mrs. Colburn (who is SO wonderful to hang them outside her classroom door which makes her feel SO important).  This is a note she made one morning and left on my desk

LOVE.  I will keep it on my desk at school forever.  Or until they as me to move classrooms again and it gets lost.

Day 32- My view

Today is the first day of February, and the first day of my photo-a-day challenge for the month. The challenge was "your view" and since I probably would breach 400 confidentiality laws if I posted my view from most of the day at school, here is a picture taken of my view on my way to school. Today was a rainy, yucky day, and- as usual....I'm behind a lovely school bus.

Day 31

Wow....I cannot believe this is the last day of January. And I also can't believe I've kept my new year's resolution this long!  There were many days I struggled to make myself post, but I'm glad I did. Starting tomorrow I am going to try and follow a photo-a-day challenge for February.  We'll see how it goes!  Here is the list:

Day 30

Today I tried to hurry home to squeeze in some outside playtime before it got dark. I will be so glad when the days are longer again.Today was a gorgeous day---sunny and 65, on the next to last day in January.  The backyard was still muddy so we played in the driveway.

Here, Jack is showing off his talent of playing soccer, baseball and basketball all at the same time.

Elizabeth shocked me with her knowledge on how to shoot a basketball!  Good job coach Stickpin (aka Coach Thigpin)....she's actually listening in PE!

 And I loved this shot of the sun in the background.  Although it was warm today, when the sun went down it got cold quick and we headed inside.

Day 29

I usually steer clear of any seemingly in theory 'super fun' activities with both kids alone.  I have been burned too many times and swear I'll just stick to what I know will be manageable for me. Pumpkin patch=NEVER again.  Restaurants that require a waiter=better be someone REALLY important's birthday. My kids just do not do well outside of their predicable environment. Maybe it's my fault for not exposing them more but it's just never worth it to me.  So last night when Rachel asked us to come to 'Family Bingo' at our local coffee shop, I was hesitant. I declined last Saturday night, but Elizabeth was insistent to go this time.   Free bingo card with a 5$ purchase...sounded good to me, since I would need a giant caffeine IV to get the through the night from you-know-where- with my non sleeping, screaming 2 year old.

Well, I am happy to report that E LOVED it!  She was very serious and anxious when she couldn't hear the numbers being called (shocker!).  She won the 1st round and from a giant table of prizes including gift cards...she picks this Valentine monkey. She went right for it, like it had a spotlight shining on it.  Jack required lots of distractions, candy and trips to the cupcake display window. Thankful Rachel helped me out with that. Here is Clark and his Grandma (Nanny).  All in all a fun night!

Day 28

Katie and Maggie came over to play this morning....we LOVE having them over, because our visits are few and far between lately!  Jack and Maggie had a pudding date early on in the visit.  Yes, Jack is still in his PJs, because I really didn't and still haven't chosen to fight that battle.