Silhouettes

A couple days ago we woke up to tons of snow, and since I’m incompetent at driving in the snow it became a stay-at-home day.

At one point Eliza was staring out the window at the snow, and her profile reminded me that I’ve been meaning to try making some of those silhouettes I keep seeing all over. You know the ones, right?

So I took pictures of Liam and Eliza:


Then Photoshopped them and hung them up:


And now that spot above the light switch in the hallway is my favorite place in the whole house.

The Better to See You With, My Dear

I just heard that eyeballs never grow. From the second you exit the womb until you die, your eyeballs stay the same size.

Right now I'm finding that a little hard to believe.

Meltdown

This is what happens when Ben stays at work for an extra half hour:



Weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth for no apparent reason. How dare I make Liam clean his room and Eliza pick up the cup she threw downstairs before they can eat dinner. Honestly! Can’t I see how busy they are?

I told Liam he was out of control and he sobbed, “Only robots get out of control, Mom. Not humans.”

After-Hours Superhero

I just went in to check on Liam in bed, and found him in his cape, mask, gloves, and Iron Man wrist-gun. Ben said, "He was NOT wearing any of that stuff when I put him to bed." Apparently he takes his superhero patrol pretty seriously.

Surgery Fun

At Liam’s last well-child visit, the doctor found a tiny white mass in his right ear. He called it a “cholesteatoma” and sent us to the ENT. The ENT said it’s not uncommon, and scheduled surgery to have it removed today.

I warned Liam a few weeks ago that after we got back from our Christmas in Colorado, the doctor would take the little white ball out of his ear.

On Christmas night, as I was tucking Liam into bed, we talked about all of his cool new presents and I asked, “Can you believe Christmas is over?” He answered, “I thought the dentist was going to take the white ball out of my ear when Christmas was over.” Apparently he was a little excited about it.

And really, why wouldn’t he be? He got to wear cool jammies:


And play lots of games on the ipad:


And then some more games on the Wii:


And then take a nice nap:


Then wake up and watch TV:


And roll on out of the hospital in a sweet ride:

Most Embarassing Moment of My Christmas Vacation

Right before Eliza was born, Ben’s grandma bought her a fancy, expensive Christmas dress in size 18-months. When she found out she was probably going to die and her biggest regret was that she wouldn’t get to see Ellie get chubby, I think Grandma Great imagined the future Eliza in that Christmas dress.


We spent Christmas in Colorado with Ben’s family, so of course I brought The Dress. On Sunday morning, I asked Ben’s mom if I could iron Liam’s shirt for church. The Dress was a little wrinkly too, but I knew better than to iron such weird fabric. AND YET…I talked myself into just ironing the inside-back section of the skirt while the iron was heating up. It worked really well, and then suddenly it didn’t. The third time I set the iron on the dress, it totally stuck, simultaneously melting the dress and ruining my mother-in-law’s fancy iron.


In less than five seconds, I won the awards for Daughter-In-Law of the Year and Granddaughter-In-Law of the Year.