Afternoon in February



Afternoon in February

The day is ending,
The night is descending;
The marsh is frozen,
The river dead.

Through clouds like ashes
The red sun flashes
On village windows
That glimmer red.

The snow recommences;
The buried fences
Mark no longer
The road o'er the plain;

While through the meadows,
Like fearful shadows,
Slowly passes
A funeral train.

The bell is pealing,
And every feeling
Within me responds
To the dismal knell;

Shadows are trailing,
My heart is bewailing
And tolling within
Like a funeral bell.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

Little missy playing with her valentine's present from Daddy.  They light up... woot.

Last Friday Emmy had a doctor appointment.  She has leveled off!  She's only in the low 90th percentile for head, height, and weight.  hehe.  She has really started scooting a lot this week so she's getting lots of exercise and getting into things. 

Cecily was getting packed up for something. 

We spent some time Friday at Sharon's making Valentine's bouquets.  I had fun, although I'm not sure that my attempts at flower arranging turned out all that well. 

On Saturday the girls and I delivered Valentines in the freezing cold.  O man.  It was so windy.  We went to Restmor too to visit Beulah for a little bit.  My parents ended up coming to our house for supper- we had homemade heart pizza, chocolate covered strawberries, and heart cookies.  Super fancy and romantic.  Haha.  Whatever.  I'm so not a huge fan of Valentine's day... my favorite part of the day was delivering flowers. Because who doesn't love flowers in February?

Illini Super Sweet.  *grin*  Sorry, that was corny.  Hehe.   Ok, I'll stop now. 

On Wednesday the girls and I went to Peoria to get Emmy's 9 month pictures taken.  It. was. so. cold.  And Cecily was pretty sure she needed to play on the playground and look at the lion.  *sigh*  Thankfully, she didn't last long.  We went to Grandpa and Grandma Beutel's to listen to church that evening.

Thursday Bob got sick... woot... and so it begins.

Friday the girls and I went to school in the morning, and then Grace and Eden came over for supper and the evening.

So my mom's cousin died and they were going to miss the visitation and funeral so us kids were strongly encouraged to go to represent the family.  Ha!  (I probably would have gone anyway...maybe)  Bob didn't go so I picked up Nathan and Michelle and they got to help me with the girls.  We made it through the line... Matt and Jake came later and got stuck  there for the funeral.  I hear we missed out on some Tibetan singing/healing bowls...  yeah.  That side of mom's family is fun and they're all very nice but not quite what we're used to.  *grin*

They were glad to be free and play- at least for a few hours. 

That evening we went to Grandpa Wyss's 90th birthday party/singing.  The girls did surprisingly well...  Emmy decided she'd had enough though and expressed her displeasure all the way home.  Woot. 

And we girls survived church alone today.  Hopefully Bob will be feeling better soon because Cecily isn't feeling good as of this evening...
Blessings.

In the bleak midwinter...

It snowed!  Yay for snow!  And for pink snowsuits and happy babies.  

 Anytime I ask her if she wants to go outside she says no.  When I make her, she doesn't want to come in. 

 This is how we sled...  they both love it.  Emmy lets out little squeals every so often.  It's kind of hard work though. 

 It's a good thing she has terrible aim because she loves to throw snow balls at me.

 Extra bundled this time out. 

 

We built a snowman and he is half melted already. 

 She still doesn't crawl, but that doesn't stop her from sliding around and getting in to things.  And she's usually very proud of herself...

 So Cecily has been scared to death of getting her hair cut.  Partly because she didn't want 'boy hair' like Daddy and Emmy, and partly because she didn't want it to turn brown like Rapunzel's.... yeah...she wants white hair like Pearline and Elsa. *grin*  I trimmed a couple inches off and so far it has been less tangled, which was the goal. (And she still has girl hair and its not dark so all is well in 3 year old land)

Potluck babysitting/ date night was last week.  We took Emmy to Sazanni's and Cecily got to play with the kids.  Emmy was good- sat in a high chair and ate puffs and played with the table cloth and stared at the other patrons... 
I don't remember why it came up, but Cecily was talking about my 'white wedding' and my 'blue wedding' for Aunt Shelly's wedding.  I pulled my dress out for her (it doesn't fit- sad, sad day) and let her put it on.     

 Awww...

 They were building block towers and Emmy was knocking them down and giggling. 

 We had a picnic in the kitchen one grey day.  Cecily thought it was the best thing ever. 

 And Emmy was so pleased with herself, getting to eat from her own bowl on the floor with us...

 We build lots of things with duplos.

 I love playing with big sis's play food.

We've been making lots of Balentimes.   They involve lots of stickers.  And we frosted heart cookies.  "Our boy" sent me flowers today.  I found some great Chemistry valentines online for school. 
Otherwise, it's been quiet, which we love.
Blessings.