Robin's Nest

We have a trip to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science History planned. The baby is not invited. Well, if her mother comes along then she can come. As of right now mom is not going; therefore baby is not invited to go. If she liked Gramma or even if she just tolerated Gramma maybe she could go. In the meantime we had a good day with our lessons yesterday and actually accomplished more than I thought we would. After the little bit of bookwork was finished we worked on some valentines, and then some art things and then an impromptu sign language session involving the ten million fireflies song. The 10 year-old is particularly interested in sign language and is really good at signing this particular song.  We marked the calendar to try and include this activity once a week. Another activity that we were able to work in was a dice game where you must color the hearts based on the number rolled on the die. This turned into a race to see who could color the fastest as opposed to who c...

February traditionally has started our birthdays for the year, however Madison changed that by arriving in January. So now there is at least one birthday every month for our family. I am starting this post on the eve of the first of February. The youngest and I went for a walk earlier, just around our yard and now we are about to watch a Barbie video and color a "velvet poster".  I will have to get the house in order as tomorrow is physical therapy for DH. For now I will play with the youngest and hope tonight will be the night she sleeps without issue. Well 50 minutes later and my patience has been tested beyond my capacity for this day. Little miss is in the mood to poke fun at people until they get mad. She means no harm but rather it is a ploy for attention. I thought if I gave her my undivided attention it might help. But alas this is just her routine when she is tired. She is up within five minutes of me getting up and that can be anytime after lying down lately. Every ...