spotty.

dancing on the lawn in february. with no snow. anywhere.

i went down to the basement to feed the dogs and my heart did a little flip-flop when i saw what zane was working on :) pads on the bottoms of the girls dress up shoes so they don't break a leg. *love*

yep, just a 60 degree february afternoon, playing outside with vests on. VESTS.

we're gearing up for valentines day. love the reds and pinks and hearts and candy :)

had a meeting tonight for school and was THRILLED to hear some good news. for my practicum next year i have to do an elementary school and a secondary school, which they've always insisted be a public high school. the director has just decided to allow students to do their secondary school practicum in a middle school. for which i have multiple connections. (and high schools scare me :)) before hearing any of this, i was thinking today in the shower (i LOVE being able to take showers in the middle of the day either when the girls are napping OR when they're playing together upstairs. it's a whole new world) that middle school would be a great age to work with in the library and then immediately got frustrated that we can visit middle schools for our pre-practicum observations but not for our 100 hour field study. funny how things work out sometimes...

nola is in the habit of yelling things to us after we put her down at night. there was a phase when something hurt, either her toe or leg or neck. and we'd just have to tell her to roll over and sleep and she'd feel better. now it's either "mama, i like you!" or (tonight's newest addition) "mama, me love you so much world!" :)

avery is a number fool. the other night with zane helping on the 10's, she counted to 77. she's been counting to 12 in spanish for a few weeks now, but just the other day she counted backwards from 10. in spanish. she's also learning how to add numbers together, using her fingers on both hands, but somehow zane told me she counted 10+3 the other day to get 13. definitely got zanes portion of number smarts :)

right before zane just fell asleep he said "we have too much on our plates. there's too much going on. we need to slow down." unfortunately, there is a lot going on but it's not the kind of stuff we can help. work meetings, mtel test, trainings for work, observation hours, preschool tours, etc etc. so, bear with me if posting gets even more spotty!