Quick Successions: New Mexico Edition

This Valentine's Day, I got the flowers ...  And Brian got the Candy.   The night before Valentine's Day, Hannah told me she was going to make me a card. Her dad helped her achieve this goal. It reminds me of the old Family Circus Valentine show where PJ makes a Valentine for his momma.   Grandma Aldred sent Hannah a shirt with a heart vest and a little feeding set for Zachary. Hannah feeds Zachary 1-2 times per day.      Sometimes she siphons some his food. For dinner again this year, we went to the Boy Scout Fundraiser. These are the shots that Brian and I took of each other while we were waiting for our dinner salad, and just before I thought to go check on Hannah.  She goes to nursery class on Sunday just fine, but she hated going on Friday. It must have been because there were a lot of people she didn't know and her nursery leaders were not there. I went back to check on her and found her in a terrib...

Last year at this time, we were buried in snow too. Classes were cancelled for two days and I used the time to finish moving into my house, but we lacked provisions for winter weather and were generally unprepared. This year, when there was a winter snow warning we realized that we were in for some real snow and so we grocery shopped in advance, got out our snow shovels, put the salt within easy reach, and covered our doors to keep them from freezing shut. We did much better.  We had two snow days. On the first one, Hannah got her Valentine cards ready for her friends and family. It was after lunch and yes, she was still in her pajamas.  For dinner, we took a cue from my sister's family and we made pizza. I put the sauce and oregano on the dough and Hannah put on the cheese and the pepperoni.  She has a board book we read her about making pizza and so she knew the steps already. And I must say she was quite meticulous about it. Note that it is dinner time and y...

On Friday nights during the semester, we usually go out to dinner. We try to find places to go that are inexpensive, but also interesting. There is a place called Oriental Bistro in Lawrence and we had been driving by it for months saying that we were going to go there, but then it would be too crowded or something would happen and we wouldn't get there. This past Friday I got done working at 5 o'clock and when Brian came to pick me up, I told him to go to Oriental Bistro right then. So we did. And it was a good thing we went then because it was Chinese New Year and we didn't know it. We were able to eat just before it got really crowded.                      Hannah really likes the sticky rice. She also ate the orange that came with my food and  little bit of curry.  I had the vegetables in brown sauce and Brian had the chicken curry.  The owner came by and gave her a Happy Chinese New Year envelope. It h...