Playdates and Jack's New Word

This week has been two things: busy and COLD. Yep. It's been in the 20s and 30s most nights here, and it is expected to get into the teens in the next few days. But no snow. :-( I didn't realize how significant the uncharacteristically long stretch of cold was for us until I realized what Jack's latest word is: COLD! On Thursday I was getting him in the car and telling him that he needed a coat because it was cold, and he said back to me, "COLD!" Yep.


We hosted two fun playdates this week. One was for Cat right before school started back. It was her half-birthday, a big deal for her since she's one of the youngest in her class and her two good friends at school are already 5. So we had over a few families (I think the final count came to 15 children) and shared half a birthday cake. The kids played and played and played, and even went outside for a little while, and it was a great way to end Winter Break. (Note: this was also my first time starting and maintaining a fire--the fire never got to be really big, but I started it and kept it going all day long! I was really proud of myself.)

The other playdate was for a friend's birthday, so a few women came over with their little ones (since the older kids were back at school by that time) and we all enjoyed good conversation and yummy breakfast food while the kids played and played and played. Gotta love it!