The Snow! The Snow!

This weekend, we caught the blizzard, part II. I will tell you that one thing that I NEVER miss about Philadelphia is the weather. At the end of the day, I hate being cold and in Philadelphia, the snow/cold seemed to last and last.

By Sunday, we were able to get back out and we drove over to see our friends Chuck and Julie- they live near CCV and invited us to do some sledding!

Daddy and Vakey were the first to give it a shot. Here they are "prerun" waiting to head down the hill.

Halfway down, picking up speed and looking professional. Vake DID not like getting snow in his face, but liked the sliding.

Then it was my turn with Vake. I am NOT A GOOD SLEDDER. And poor Vake and I got turned around so that we went down the back half facing up the hill. I was screaming which of course totally scared Vake to death.

But we did get a cute "presled" picture out of it. Thank God no one took a post-sled pic!

Nap Schedule...

We are in the process of moving from two daytime naps to just one. Yuck. Sometimes little V can manage, sometimes he cannot and like today, we are stuck in a funny no-man's-land of putting him down for a nap at 11:30.

Anyone with good ideas on the whole nap scenario? Like when you dropped the morning nap and how it went? I'd love to hear from you...

It's almost that time of year again...

In less than two weeks, Eric and I will celebrate our second anniversary and in less than a week, Vake's turning one! What a fun series of celebrations we are having!

And, this week, I swapped emails back and forth with the cute cute woman who was our wedding planner on Orcas. I love what she did for us and how the wedding was totally Eric and me, but with an attention to detail that I never could have had from 4,000 miles away. I love that she "got" both of us (probably due to the fact that she is a New Yorker living the Pacific NW).

If you have time, check out her blog...http://patinafloral.typepad.com/

Alfalfa

Someone's been going to bed with wet hair...

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Ok, Eric and Neil complained that they could not comment on the blog- apparently I had it set in a way that, while it eliminated anonymous comments, also meant that you had to have a google account.

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Heads Up on the Kids Layne Sale

Hey- just got this update for Jennifer- I am so excited for this sale- it is the DAY AFTER TOMORROW...

The Kids Layne sale location has been moved, our new location at Willow Lawn Mall is located beside Nostalgia Plus, near the Barksdale Theater. Between running a small business and motherhood, we are learning to be flexible and roll with the punches (even the really hard hitting onesJ)- so please tell your friends and we are so sorry for the inconvenience.

WEATHER NOTICE:
We will be keeping an eye on the weather this week. Our preview sale on Thursday night and public sale on Friday will go as planned. If the weather forecast changes and conditions are unsafe, we will let you know if our sale hours change.

Thurs Feb 4: Preview Sale- Premier Consignors & Premier Volunteers: 5-9pm
Preview Sale- Consignors & Volunteers: 6-9pm
Preview Sale- Marketers: 7-9pm
Fri Feb 5th: Pregnant Moms and (not-so-pregnant) Grandparents: 8am-7pm
Public Sale: 9am-7pm
Sat Feb 6: Public Sale: 8am-5pm
Sun Feb 7: Public Sale: 9am-1pm

Tick-tock

Vake's fascinated by clocks. Truly fascinated. Who would have ever guessed that his first word (after Dada, naturellement) would be tick-tock. He seems to know EXACTLY what noise the clock makes- totally different from most of his happy babble.

I had a snow day today: Taren and I held down the fort all day long- every day that I spend with her is another day that I respect even more everything she does and does in a good mood.

Vake's so fun and so funny right now but very needy. And a constant motion machine. Who wants whoever's playing with him to be fully engaged- he's extremely intense and has no sympathy for a desire to read or do something else...

But here's little pumpkin telling the world what the clock says.