Day by day

I feel like the longer my sleep deprivation continues, the worse my memory and coping skills become.  Oh, well.  I know it won't last forever, but knowing that doesn't necessarily make today any easier.

At least there are many moments in our life that make us smile and laugh.

For example, the other night after dinner there was a disagreement about dessert.  I don't remember all of the details, but it had something to do with Anna wanting a certain piece of candy which belonged to Kate and then Anna started melting down when she couldn't have it.  Kate piped up, quite sweetly I might add, with "Well, if you keep crying then you may not get any candy."  Matt and I, trying very hard not to laugh, told Kate that she wasn't the parent and so those kinds of decisions weren't up to her.  To which she responded "I was just giving you guys an idea."

Anna has been diligently making her valentines for the students in her class.  However, she took a break from those last week and made some for all members of our family.  She'd sneak out of her room right at 6, and spend awhile in the kitchen making her cards and then hide them somewhere until Valentine's Day.  I'm looking forward to seeing what she made :)

In the midst of creating as much laundry as any little baby can, Ethan is often full of smiles and the start of giggles in the morning.  You may think I'm joking about his laundry needs, but his spitting up rivals any that the girls ever did and he probably generates more dirty laundry each day than anyone else in the family.

The girls and I had dentist appointments yesterday after school so I bravely approached the dentist office with all three kids.  The "plan" had been for Ethan to sleep through the whole affair, but he appears to have reached the stage at which new places are more exciting than sleep.  Oh, well.  Our family got several compliments for how well behaved the kids were, but I suppose that's just a perk of not watching much TV in our house.  Each of the hygienist's spaces are equipped with a TV so the girls' eyes were glued to the PBS station.  Ethan, surprisingly, was content to just hang out in his car seat and take everything in.  Of course, as soon as we got in the car, both girls melted down about something and were pretty crabby the whole ride home.

Last Thursday Bible Study was cancelled due to freezing rain and more snow, so Kate and I had some special glamor time in the morning.  She got braids, and painted fingernails and toenails at the Mommy Salon.

Unfortunately, Kate has a cold again.  We will continue to hope that no one else in the family catches this one, especially sweet Ethan.