BA (Binkiholics Anonymous)

We were skyping with Grandma and Grandpa Smith last night and Griffin likes to sit on the desk to get a good look at the computer screen. While up there he found a stash of binkies (we are trying to keep them out of his mouth during the daytime). He, of course, stuck them both into his mouth. Normally with one binki, for some strange reason, Griff will take the plastic end of the strap on his binki and put it on/in his eye. This comforts him somehow. So the funniest part last night was not when he put two binkies in his mouth but when he put two binki straps in his eyes. Sterling and I both cracked up. I tried to grab the camera quickly but we could only re-create the mouth part. Silly boy. I think we need to sign him up for BA.

Coming This August

Due date is August 1st. I am 13 weeks and still feel sick (cross your fingers it will ease up any day now). We are going to WAIT to find out if it's a boy or a girl. We are very excited and a little bit scared out of our minds...

Snowed In

Last week (yes, I know I have been a terrible blogger lately...) we got over two feet of snow in one day. Sterling tried to dig himself out and go to work but with no luck.The biggest problem with the storm seemed to be what to do with all that snow. You can't just push two feet's worth over to the side, it makes the roads too narrow. Parking lots that were plowed have huge mountains where they piled their excess. The kids had a lot of fun in it. Sterling took them out and they played on the "mountains".
This was taken in the morning, it snowed for the rest of the day. Sorry, this is the only picture I took, I didn't have any desire to go outside.Right after all this snow fun we discovered that we ran out of oil. Yes, bone dry. No, you are not recommended to let that happen. We are new at this though and to our credit the gauge on our tank is broken. So the kids and I spent the morning in hats, scarves, and gloves to keep warm (at the coldest the house got down to 58 degrees). We spent a couple extra hours in the cold because letting the oil run completely out apparently screws up the furnace and we had to wait for the guy to come fix it. And since this is turning into a rant I will also say that we had to spend our life savings to fill the dumb thing. Fun times.

To top it all off, it is snowing right now. No, the two feet have not melted yet. Boo to winter. Isn't it time for spring yet? Sorry for the negative post, sometimes you got to vent.

Science Center

Today we went to the Science Center and got to play with lots of cool things. The kids loved the water area. Griff loved this water vortex so much I fear what we'll lose down the toilet in the coming days.

Daddy and Mesha playing with a fountain

Kierstin liked the hurricane machine. The wind only reached a speed of 78 mph. We were hoping to watch her cheeks flap.

Griff did not like the hurricane machine.

Mesha may have loved this the most. She played here a long time.