got style?

i had to take this photo the other day. pants a little big, and your belt? a) take them off and find a pair that fits b) buy a new belt, or c) find power drill, and drill a new hole with pants and belt on.


this cracked me up. but didn't surprise me. for those who know andy well, this is his style. right?


we have another one in our house trying to find her style. here you see zaiah putting on many layers of clothes. pajamas half on. somehow she still has trouble getting past her neck so she prances around the house usually with more than one item around her neck quite satisfied. she is very, very determined to dress herself and pick out her own clothes. lately, especially socks. she really wants to get those on.

kai has no interest in picking out his clothes, or putting them on himself. as long as he's warm and his socks don't feel funny, he's good to go.

me? i like to pick out my clothes and put them on myself, without any power tools.

people are funny.

february: a teaser

we've been outside this week .... with no coats!! this comes at a strange time, especially since this weekend we're having a valentine/february de-funk party. we can't get too excited for spring yet, remembering last year we got snow in march. but we'll take this little teaser week.

kai and i are sitting here watching the weather outside twirling. a wind storm today. let's hope we don't lose power, again.

boots and napkins

a new favorite hand-me-down from my mom: 40 yr old fry boots!

one of my favorite things she does is pull out the cloth napkins in the kitchen drawer. she lays them out, stacks them, rests on them, pulls them over her head pretending to be a ghost, and plays with her dolls on them. it's precious. and it allows me to cook.

frozen

although louisville has been melting the past two days, frozen is the word that best describes this past week. we lost power again, for five days. a bit different this time since it looked like the above picture this time around. we needed heat, yes?

luckily we have many dear friends who live near us. one family that took us in for four full days. we turned this in to an all-week party. several of the nights we had dinner parties at friend's houses that had power. i have to say, i was a little sad to come home yesterday. it's kind of quiet and lonely now. i never thought i would say that with two little ones running around.