mon, 1/25...day 25

Two moms from Cory's class, Jennifer (Allison's mom) and Renee (Avery's mom), walking back down to the parking lot after dropping off their kids in the classroom.

I sometimes stay to chat with other moms for a few minutes, but today I took a quick picture and dashed off to work.

sun, 1/24...day 24

Today was a typical rainy Pacific Northwest day, but that didn't stop the boys and me from going for a walk + bike ride.

You can't tell from this picture, of course, but I had the sense to wear a coat and bring an umbrella. :P

sat, 1/23...day 23

Cory's hair is so long, he enjoyed the feeling of swooshing it around in the bath tonight.

Not sure why the lighting turned out so golden in this photo (taken right after the other one), but I think it looks cool. Cory wanted to be sure we captured how slicked down his hair was.

He has mixed feelings about curly hair. Which I guess is at least an improvement on how I felt at his age. I wished like crazy that I had straight hair and people at the bank and out shopping would stop saying I looked "just like Shirley Temple!" as I had no idea who that was. Now, of course, I'm thankful for having curly, wash-and-wear hair. :-)

fri, 1/22...day 22

When I arrived to drop off Niall at Grandma's this evening, my 3YO nephew Rolly was already there visiting, curled up on Grandma's bed watching "Bob the Builder" on the little TV in her room. I'd just given it to him for a belated birthday gift, so I was happy to see him enjoying it so much.

Cory still watches Bob occasionally but his days of being obsessed with the builder are over, methinks. His heart has been mostly captured by bigger, bolder, more dramatic adventures these days (AKA Star Wars).

thu, 1/21...day 21

The horror of the aftermath of Haiti's recent 7.0 earthquake is hard to even comprehend. Tens of thousands of people killed, many more than that without homes, food, or even water.

What a jarring juxtaposition this era we live in is, when so few have so much and so many who were already making do with so much less suddenly have next to nothing.

wed, 1/20...day 20

When I arrived at Extended Day today, John and Niall were busy painting.

What were these two big boys painting, pray tell? A lovely picture of the two of them, throwing up very colorfully on each other.

Niiiiice.

tue, 1/19...day 19

The other day in Extended Day, Cory made a "whiteboard" that really works! It's saran wrap over white paper taped together, and you can actually write on it (carefully) with a whiteboard marker and then erase it off. Here's Niall giving it a whirl.

Cory was very pleased with this project, and has given it to me to put up in my craft room.