After a relaxing long weekend in Grand Junction I'm back to work, starting with a Rapid Response not one hour into my day.  Blerg.
 
But we had a great time. I love watching my parents play with Jack.  His every whim to be picked up was catered to.  It was a treat being together with all my siblings.  There were three dogs in the house causing much craziness.  And, of course, I came home with bags of lovely gifts.  I took many pictures and videos, but like I said: blerg.  I'm digesting leftover lasagna and chocolate cake while surfing on the couch under a quilt. I can't be bothered with photo editing now.  Mostly I got on blogger to pass on what Ben told me when I got home:

"Here's a pro-tip for you: don't take a baby to the car wash." 

Noted.

Done!

Well, maybe not.  I might blanket stitch around the edge with yarn.  But it's in a functional state.

I worked on the 14th so today is officially Valentine's Day for Ben and me. We exchanged chocolates, had lunch out, and browsed FT. I think a walk with a cranky baby is in our near future.  Here's some random pictures and thoughts.


Jack practicing his standing skills (Grade: C+). At a Super Bowl gathering he "played" with Zach, a friend's baby who is familiar with other kids via daycare.  Jack was stunned by this other being who attempted to interact with him.

The other day Jack grabbed a bag of Salt and Malt Vinegar Boulder Chips off the table and scattered them on the floor.  I'm still sad.  Those were good chips!  

Speaking of snacks, there's a new Dr. Pepper called Dr. Pepper 10 (Ten?).  It's pretty good.  Oh, the exciting life I live.

Molly enjoys her new view.  I wanted to make a grumpy troll face on our grill snow fall, but it was too cold. Most of the snow has melted and today we're gallivanting about without jackets. (Picture from last week, before snow melt)

Getting excited for our trip to Boston next month.  Our friends graciously offered to pick us up at the airport!  Oh my heavens, I can't explain how happy this makes me.  We were seriously stressing out over the plan to get a taxi and install a car seat and cart all our gear alone to the airport.  Friends are the best. 

Ben bought me irises.  I love early spring flowers.  The purple is my Coraline sweater.  I'm getting stockinette ennui.  I picked up some fabric at FT today.  Hopefully an easy, fast project will recharge my knitting juices.  Oh, we ate at Chipotle today.  After jealously watching us scarf burritos, and scattering the bites we gave him on the floor, I bestowed a basket on Jack.  He thought it was dang fantastic.

Flannels purchased today. Must make more baby blankets! They have even more vinyl coated fabrics.  I'm going to pick a pattern to lay out under Jack's high chair.  Meals are getting messy!

I'm getting even MORE excited for our trip to GJ this weekend.  It's my Bday, but mostly I'm excited to leave work behind and see my family.  I love the Roots on Jimmy Fallon, and we discovered their appearance on Yo Gabba Gabba (we watch their songs online for Jack). 

I LOVE this song.  Like, I completely, utterly adore it.  It makes me a little tearful and burst with joy to see Jack clap and squeal while it plays.

Blackberry lavender for Ben, cherry cordial for me.

I was tempted to post about my rehearsal today, but my sister beat me to it!  So I'm going to let her tell the story.  Read her post here about our solution to bad weather.  I spent about an hour putting together 2 versions of the dance section, with 5 additional videos breaking down parts in more detail.  It sure beats the 7 or 8 hours I would have spent getting up there, teaching, and driving home.  Amanda showed me the last run through they did and I'm so impressed!  I'm so tickled seeing 30 kids following my image on a screen :-D  It was funny seeing them all drop their right arm at the end pose, something I did casually as the music faded out, it was not meant to be a dance step.

PS, I think this is the one they were watching in her clip.  I'm too embarrassed to post them all ;-)