Getting a daily picture during Color Week has been so much harder than I thought. Maybe because I am way less interesting to her in the mornings compared to her duties of putting her babies in Time-Out.

Thursday: White/Blanco

She melted our heart with this one by saying out of the blue, "I love you Daddy".

Friday: Brown/Cafe

TGIF!

Color Days

I am pretty proud of our little missy. This weekend she nonchalantly recited her numbers from 1 to 10 (in Spanish). Now she may be ahead of the curve or behind the curve but whatever I was pretty impressed -- except that she likes to throw 'ocho' in there a few too many times.

This week at school is Color Week so I've tried to capture a pic each morning before we head out the door. Which doesn't seem to be as easy as I hoped but cute nonetheless.

Wed: Blue/Azul

Tuesday: Orange/Anaranjado

The director of Caroline's school recently sent a message highlighting that people who speak two languages can process certain words faster than others. (Scientific American Mind, January 2010) The study's researchers observed that children who know two languages more easily solve problems that involve misleading clues. Knowledge of a second language — even one learned in adolescence — affects how people read in their native tongue. The findings suggest that after learning a second language, people never look at words the same way again.

**It did not say anything about such student's parents being complete idiots for not understanding the teachers.

V-Day Party!

13 two year olds + lots of candy = LOCO!




Caroline's teacher, Ms. Dinah.


Hugs from her long-time beau, Wyatt!


Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Snowed In for the Camp Out

We camped out in the living room this weekend; this was Chris' way of talking me out of a road trip but it worked. The best part about camping out...SMORES! My daughter loves chocolate! Hmmm...where does she get that from?

The 'camp out' was extended since we were all snowed in on Monday but luckily we all got a chance to enjoy the snow together. Even Ike!

I am now over the below freezing weather-- March where are you??

More pictures from our Snowapolooza to come...

Happy Birthday Caroline!

Last weekend Caroline celebrated her second birthday and I felt like I celebrated my second Mother’s Day. People say that the best day of their life is the day their children were born. Moms out there, is that really true? I think God doesn’t let you remember the unfathomable pain (yes, even with the drugs) and lets you only recall the euphoria. But really the best days of my life have been every day since Jan 31, 2008. She is truly the sweetest thing in the world and we are so lucky to have her!

Snow didn’t keep the birthday partying down it just meant more time for cake! Thank you White and Choate clan for making her second birthday memorable. We love you!