The snow brick maker
It was so nice out that we got Kate outside a little, too.
Then the temperatures hit 68 in Boston Wednesday but we still had snow. That's when it really got fun. I let Molly linger at preschool to play outside on the elephant with the other kids. Some of the boys were covered in mud from playing where the water was dripping off the roof and making mud puddles. Molly stayed relatively clean. :)
When we got home we went straight outside.
I even took off my shoes and socks, so of course Molly wanted to, too. Gotta love bare feet in the snow!
On a less fun note, a couple kids at Molly's preschool had lice so the school is in crazy lice-prevention mode. They want us all to treat (non-chemically, of course) our kids even without symptoms just to make sure nobody brings bugs into school. We got a blizzard of e-mails about checking hair, putting things in the dryer, using preventive herbal sprays, and pulling back long hair for school. It makes me itch just thinking about it. Here's Molly ready for school Tuesday with freshly inspected hair, sprayed with water and tea tree oil and pulled back.
She's been a very good sport about it. I think this might just be the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I am so tired from nearly a year of interrupted sleep and so burned out trying to get Kate healthy (tracking her eating, making purees, remembering antibiotics and vitamins with and without iron on alternating days, taking her to appointments, rocking her to sleep, doing everything one-handed because she won't be set down, ahhhhhh!)
The good news is Kate seems to be gaining weight. I hadn't noticed until the doctor pointed it out that she weighs only about a pound more now than she did at 6 months old! Turns out I'm actually supposed to be FEEDING her, ha ha ha, not just letting her nibble bits of my dinner when she's in the mood. We're now finally, finally on a schedule for snacks in our house, in part because Kate eats more when she's offered formal snacks but honestly it's mostly because Molly's in a growth spurt and is in the kitchen non-stop all day asking me to cut things and make things and open things. It's exhausting.
Good thing the girls are so silly! Here they are playing with the "poofy pile" (aka the down comforter we got out earlier this week when my mom was visiting).
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