Random Happenings

• Despite the snow and ice storms we had, some of our garden survived the winter and is now growing better than it did last summer.  We were able to use the parsley all winter, have already had chard twice and are watching the celery to see if it will grow tall enough to eat.
• And speaking of vegetables, just when I think Amelia doesn't like meat, she loved eating chicken off of the bone.   Maybe she's not a vegetarian after all.
• And speaking of eating, I love that Sophia is old enough to eat solids.  But once again, I am reminded of how much I hate food mess.  Amelia is finally eating relatively mess free, but it has started all over again with Sophia.
• I have a variety of cookware, but it seems like I use the same pan(s) daily.  Does anyone else get tired of cleaning the same pan over and over and over?
• Lately Amelia has started bringing books with her to bed.  Not just one or two, but almost every book from her bookshelf.  She doesn't seem to mind that there is barely room for her, or that books fall off the bed or onto her in the middle of the night.
• Sophia is getting great at entertaining herself.  I put her toy box next to her, and pretty soon she has every toy out of the box and on/ around her lap.
• Yesterday I made an impulse purchase.  I was at Trader Joes - a store I find very hard not to make multiple impulse purchases - and found an item I was sure we would all enjoy . . . cocoa almond spread.  It's like Nutella, only made with almonds, instead of hazelnuts.  And it is yummy!  After putting it on his ice cream, Ken has already warned me that the jar is likely to get used up fast.
• I was reading a friend's blog last night, and she commented that she and her husband had had their first overnight trip without their 9-mon old son.  Sadly, I realized that I have never spent the night without my children; Ken has, but I haven't.  I think I need to change that.
• We're on day #5 of sunshine and the forecast is sun for another 5 days - yeah!