Chuck D & Mr. T

The gorgeous flowers my sweet husband gave to me.

Teddy and his good friend Tate at Whitetail.

Yesterday was so nice: Mitzi and Grandpa came and Mitzi made a delish lunch for all and Josh, Becky, Griffon and Will Martin came, then Coco, then Elena, Katie, Jack, Jill, Olivia, Tyler and the three Wolins. We had friends here all day. Total bliss (even with Charlie locking Teddy in his room and Teddy pooping in his trash can, and the lady next door barking at me, and the sconce that was pulled off the wall).

I got to help Teddy’s rainbow class make pretzels for their lesson on Germany. That class is soooo cute.

Charlie’s publishing party at school! He reads! He writes!

Bedtime routine involves bathing everyone, chasing the girls to get them in pajamas, visiting the potty 2 times each, coercing tooth brushing, begging Teddy to put on pjs, asking Charlie to start his guitar practice, searching the house for Teddy’s bun bun, reading books to Scottie and Nelly, tucking each in, laying down with each to snuggle and kiss, going into Teddy’s room to read to him and snuggle him (he falls right to sleep), then heading into Charlie’s room to read with him, read to him and then snuggle him. I keep trying to figure out how to so it to spend enough time snuggling each child without keeping them up later than is good for them. How do I do it? I remember being little and really want to fall asleep with my aunts, Mama, father or Kitzy Cat snuggling me.

When we were on a country road driving back from skiing the other
Night the kids asked when wolves come out (there is understandable fear of the Big Bad Wolf*) and what they eat. We assured them that wolves would not eat them but look on farms for chickens, mice, rabbits to which Charlie said “When you are walking on farm grass at night and a wearing a bunny costume you should be careful.” Yes, for all those times.
* when I was little I was terrified of the Big Bad Wolf. My father would play the Three Little Pigs record for me and it would terrify me and I would cry and ask him to stop. I fully understand the fear of wolves.

Here is what I love about MJ: Huck just jumped onto our bed all snowy while
Charlie was playing a game on my phone that made kitten sounds. Huck started looking around for the kitchen and MJ got close to her and told her a story about how little kittens come into the house and take all the dogs food. It was so funny. He does this stuff all the time.

Teddy is snuggling next to me watching a cartoon as I watch the snow fall. He is so snuggly. And we tell
Each other how much we love each other continually.

Earlier I was laying here with Charlie looking at Oscar red carpet pictures and he asked me the names of the subjects and is tell him. I’m so excited to be able to do Oscar recap with MJ and Charlie.

Each night the girls have asked me as they go to bed “what horse you ride?” And I say “Garcia.” And they say “Love Garcia. I ride Garcia. I ride Doozy. I love Comet.”

The also loooove playing “baby horse”
And for a few days there Scottie ran around saying “I baby whale! I baby whale!”