Day 210: Sweeping

With no prompting from me at all, Zaria decided to grab the broom from the utility closet (which she's not usually allowed in) and start walking around the kitchen sweeping. Of course, this was a little difficult since she didn't want to put down the bear and there's the obvious size problem of this broom, but it's fun to see her wanting to help out!

Day 209: Writing

Jamin's been working on a sci-fi novel for some time now. He has quite a bit done, but really got back into it today after not writing much for some weeks.

Day 208: Car fixing

It was a lovely day to do some car work, so Jamin and Roy had fun doing up some brakes and a couple of other things for our friend Cassie. Zaria came out and enjoyed watching for a while, as well. Cas rewarded us by taking us all out to eat at Taste of India, which was very yummy even if some of the spice didn't agree with us later.

Day 207: Kazoos

Day 206: Concert going

They didn't allow cameras inside Club 3 Degrees (not that that stopped most people--there were tons of cameras), so I took this shot on the way to the club to see Skillet, Thousand Foot Crutch and Decypher Down. It was an awesome concert and so fun to see Skillet again in a non-Sonshine concert. I think Karin and I figured it'd been about 10 years . . . we're getting old, but we felt very young this night. Ten of us hopped into a 15-passenger van along with some other friends Krista knew from Ridgewood Church, and we all rode downtown and got a really close parking spot. It was an awesome night. In this picture, you see Karin on the far left, me, Krista, and Joe. Behind them are Jamin and Joel.

Day 205: Two kids to the library

I tried it out today-- I was watching Gwendolyn today, and decided we would try to go to the library this morning. It was definitely a challenge bringing a 33-month old and a 15-month old to and from the car, through the revolving doors, up the elevator and then keeping track of them in the kids' section. But it was really worth it and probably good practice. They had story time going on for the 4-6 year-olds, which we sort of joined for a while, but it was definitely beyond them both even though they enjoyed the songs and Zaria enjoyed dancing along. They eventually wandered off nearby and found a common bond in looking through the board books.

Day 204: Walking on a nice day

We were visiting Mom and Dave this evening to play games and do some taxes, and it was so nice out we all decided to go for a walk. Princess (the dog) helped and actually pulled Zaria's stroller to a certain extent. Maybe spring is here?