wink

The grandbaby has learned more than to read this year. She has also learned to wink. She's very good at it. It makes her happy that she can wink either eye. I can wink only my left eye. She wins. Just ask her. (I told you earlier that we are a competitive family...)

sweet cousins

Here is the precious picture of some mighty sweet cousins previously blogged about. As anticipated, the pictures turned out to be as fantastic as the time we had taking them. My Mama will finally have a picture of her great grandchildren on her bookcase. These kiddos will have a reminder of their family bond. All of that makes me very happy.

valentines tea

Two of my girlies had a Valentine's Tea on Sunday afternoon. The littlest one insisted on having it in front of the fireplace and given the coolness of the day it was agreed.
Their decorations and dress were less formal than those of recent tea parties but there were Valentine's gifts to open and tea cookies to share so everybody was happy with the result.
Baby Sophia, who has now been affirmatively named, was a special guest. The malti dogs, though not allowed at the table, were cuddled in front of the fire by the tea girls once their fete was finished.




 

 

we love baby love

 

One might imagine that all these babies later, we might have lost our excitement over a new baby in the family. Not so!
We ooh and goo over the latest one, just as we did all his cousins. We think everything he does is just the cutest thing we've ever seen. We think he is just the cutest and smartest little baby there ever was.
And we are right. We've been right every time.

blogging subjects

I did some review of my blog posts this morning and realized i blog like i dress... pretty much the same. i post about:
1. my grandbaby
2. other members of my family
3.holidays
4.my projects
5. the weather
6. my dogs

and that's about all
obviously I need to branch out some. i'm setting a new goal in that regard.
turning over new leaves and branching out are a good thing to do in late winter as one is contemplating spring. and then there is that progress/check up thing///

trip planning

I had lunch with the baby sister today and we made firm plans for the trip we are taking for the middle sister's 50th birthday next month. We are keeping the destination a surprise for now so though the birthday girl knows she is going somewhere, she does not yet know where.
The baby sister is working on a folder for the trip in tribute to the Italy folders the middle sister presented to us at this time last year.
Most all of the reservations are now made.  We have settled on a route, a departure time, and most of the itinerary. If the trip is as much fun as we've had planning it then we are going to have a ball.

progress check

Almost two full days into February and I am checking in on the progress made in the month and a day since I declared my 2013 resolutions.
I've continued with the cleaning out I began before the new year.
Finally got most all of the  wedding and baby gifts I've been working on finished and mailed or delivered.
Other projects planned for Spring holidays and birthdays are organized.
I am behind on the reading and exercise aspects of the plan.
I also need to get busy sorting and cleaning out my pictures and computer files.