back in the saddle.

it's always an adjustment from having zane home all the time on breaks to seeing him off to work again. add a few days a week where he's staying late to do some extra work and there are long days for everyone.

and, with the new year, there comes new expectations and routines around here. i'm excited about the changes and the consistency of a lot of the things we want to see accomplished around here. i'm sure when i'm back in class(es), it'll be a bit more difficult to maintain or get ahead, but i'm up for it :)

yesterday we had movie time upstairs while i put laundry away. after a while, the girls got restless and wandered in and out of our room, playing and chasing. but the best was this:

nola took a pacifier out of averys crib, grabbed a blanket from her room and snuggled down with her water in the sunroom. avery followed suit. first off-nola never uses a pacifier and she never drags a blanket around. second- this is the complete opposite of what usually happens. if avery sits on the floor with a book, nola does too. if avery wants goldfish, nola starts chanting "ish ish ish!" if avery sits on the potty, nola waits her turn for "pop-aye!" really cute and endearing and little-sisterish. suddenly seeing nola lead the way and have avery clambering to follow was awesome!

that's all. i'm going to enjoy these last few minutes of a silent house (if you don't count the dogs snoring behind me on the floor of the office).

ps, i think we can officially count avery as potty trained (for the day at least)! yesterday afternoon we went to a playspace and avery wore a pullup. when we got home we went to change her back into her undies, she was dry and sat right down on the potty to do her thing. so proud!! next up--getting her used to the big potty so she can go anywhere! yay avery!!