The Library

Ivy loves the library.  Any place with a new variety of chairs she can try out (plus books) is her favorite place on earth.  Also she can hold still long enough for me to photograph her.  (Yessss.)

Around Here (End of Winter)

We're...

...hoping: to revive blogging (ha), the snow somewhat melts, Ivy learns to like more songs besides, "Wheels on the Bus" (let me be more specific--only one verse of "Wheels on the Bus").

...cooking: all the instant pot things, breakfast for days (my food of choice when I'm solo parenting), gnocchi soup.

...looking forward to: Spring (Easter! Baskets! Flowers! The outdoors!), seeing a play this month, going to the temple this weekend, reading new books.

...laughing: about all the things Ivy thinks are "salt," about the nursery children, about the children's Bible songs on Amazon Prime ("Be careful little heart, whom you trust").

...watching: not much--but of course-- the Bachelor.  Arie is the closest they've ever gotten to Scott, so I'm into it.  Haha.  Oh, also--p90x3, week 8 if that counts...

...reading: The Snow Child (eh, just gives me nightmares about homesteading in Alaska), A Wrinkle in Time (meh), Toot Toot Beep Beep (Ivy's favorite book in the world), and Just Jane (review TBD).

...planning: a Hawaiian vacation, attempts to better decorate our house, the backyard updates we're doing.

...thankful for: modern medicine (we had a fun trip to the instant care for Scott last week--he's fine now), the conclusion of business trips, Ivy's good sleep patterns and cheesy grins.

Play Dough > Boredom

Ivy and I have had a bit of extra time together the last few weeks, and it's led me to discover that...we need more stuff.  I'd love to be more of a minimalist and say that my child only needs her imagination to have fun, but that's just not the truth in our house.  So...I did the unthinkable and bought...dun, dun, dun:  play dough.

If you're the parent that is wondering why this is unthinkable, I guess you just don't love a clean house like I do.  Even though we have an entire floor of our house with no carpet, I'm just so afraid!  But alas, as I found out, play dough (messes included) is far better than boredom.  The babe loved it, and she's quite adorable as well, I might add.