Today

Outside my window: It’s a fairly pretty day, sunny with a high of 32 predicted. Tomorrow we have a predicted high of 39 and this makes me probably a little too giddy. I cannot believe that February is nearly over, March beginning tomorrow and then before we know it, it will be Spring, April, my son will turn 5 years old and *knock on wood* we’ll be buying our first house! I cannot wait!

This weekend: was fairly low key, a lot of lounging around the apartment coloring and playing with toys, though we did go to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese for one of the little girls across the hall. Those girls are such little sweeties and it was nice to see them again, as it’s been a crazy couple weeks and we’ve had less play dates lately than usual. I’m hoping this week we’ll get back into the swing of things with stomach bugs well out of the way!

We also: finally went for a walk yesterday before dinner. It was glorious and while I wouldn’t call it warm weather, it was finally bearable and the breeze and fresh air felt wonderful, along with the great feeling of finally getting a workout in my favorite way – good old fashioned walking. We walked about 1.5 miles and plan to continue to do so daily, barring any horrific weather.

I’m reading: Friendship Bread by Darien Gee and starting to like it a lot more. After the initial shock of realization about the tragedy described in the book (one character is suffering from the death of her son 5 years before the book begins) I decided that I really needed to finish the book so that I could get to the “happy ending” and I have to say it gets easier to read about as you go and the story is worth it. I’m about 2/3rds through and enjoying it a lot.

Things you should click:

• I really liked this visual and cost analysis to making your own oatmeal packets at The Simple Dollar.
• This birthday “facebook” photo wall at Homemade By Jill really made me smile.
• Aren’t these chalk blocks at Playful Learning cool?

One last pictures to share before I go: I now have two kids interested in photography. This cute toy camera has been getting a lot of bumps and bangs and love thumps from both children lately. Soon I’ll be posting 365 pictures by them!