February 1-5, 2016

Grammy and Grandpa spent their third week in Australia and New Zealand, and we spent our third week with Malachi and Ashley.  Jeremy and I actually planned a date night for Wednesday and went to Outback for dinner together.  After thinking about it, we came to the conclusion that the last time we remember doing that was New Year’s Eve a year ago.  It was nice to not spend time at work thinking about the commute home, the plan for dinner, the cash for paying nannies, the work to be done after bedtime routine.  It was nice to just go to dinner and have conversation about anything else.

That said, the rest of the week was full of delightful moments with Miss SJ.  Of course, many mornings started with explorations in the pantry…

And then there were the adventures in the warming drawer of the oven…

The weather turned cold, and we were able to wear our cute sweater dress.

On Friday morning, we snuggled for a good hour with all of our “babies” (blankets) and “Bubbles” (Bibles, i.e. books).  She’s really into books all of a sudden.  She’s able to identify most all of the animals in her books.  She has sounds associated with most of them too.  We learned that kangaroos go “hop, hop, hop.”

And then she spent the day in her pjs with Jessica, Satie, and Sebastian.  Right away she headed for the cabinet with all the pretzels and chips.  Like a secret binger she busted open the bags and dug right in.  No permission needed (or granted, BTW).