Little & Big

trip to Florida

Clearwater Beach, Florida.  Long weekend.  85 degrees and sunny. 

Perfect. 

(Except I wasn't ready to leave.)

weekend

                                                    (the mad scientist)

(silly putty + alcohol + iodine + goodness knows what else)

two boys, one handmade bow & arrow, and one big stick

the puppy (is growing)

too fast.

weekend chemistry

and the magic ingredients?

A seriously fizzy combo.

wanting to read everything

including my lens cap.

who needs a snowblower

When you've got 2 helpful boys?  (and a Momma who loves to shovel snow.)

the chore

Every day, this is big brother's chore.  One load of wood.  Some days it's more.  Like today.  But today we worked together, making tracks in the snow with boots and sleds.  Load the wood, ferry the wood, stack the wood by the door. 

A good chore for a strong boy, I told him.  I let him know how much is work is appreciated.  And every day, out he goes, without complaint. 

And see the good result: a toasty toasty warm house.

the tooth fairy forgot

And how could she?  Look at this face?  Look at those two beautiful spaces where teeth once were? 

And there were TWO!  Two teeth for her to reward!  When does that happen? 

But alas, she forgot.

And so this morning we talked about how busy the tooth fairy probabaly is.  And how she sometimes just needs an extra day to make her visit.  And thankfully (thankfully) this little boy was understanding.

Tonight we're going to light a candle and call to her to remember us out here in the cold cold country.  And ask her to take those two (precious) little teeth and leave something extra special under his pillow.

listening to Martin & Sylvia

                                        a story called "the Cruds"

On Sparkle.