life, as it happens

Here are just a few pictures from the last week. Not much new is going on. We are just living life.

Here is my favorite Valentine that I got from a student - so cute!

Rebecca is ready to go in the morning - breakfast in hand.

She has lots of fun in the tub!!

Sew and Tell

I've been reading a lot more blogs lately - crafty blogs. And they have inspired me to make the things around me a little more beautiful. So my first "Sew and Tell" is a canvas bag that I put a lining in. I have to give credit to my mom for making me this bag years ago and I have used it for many different things. Recently I have been using it as my library bag to keep track of our library books and videos and my library card. I dressed up the bag by sewing in a lining and adding a pocket with a snap to hold my library card. I also lined the straps and now the bag is reversible!

From the mouth of a 2 year old

Rebecca talks pretty much non-stop and here are a few of the things we listen to all day.

Just 2 days ago: "Why? Why? Why mommy? Why?"

Then yesterday: "Where? Where? Where mommy? Where?"
After the second or third question Dan and I just ignore her as best we can and eventually she stops asking.

Rebecca also talks in third person a lot which can sometimes be confusing. The other day she kept saying, "Becca come too, mommy!" Which means she wants to go with you. We also hear, "Becca do it! Becca do it!" a lot.

Although she is learning her pronouns more and more everyday. Last night at the dinner table she actually corrected herself. Dan said, "Do you want me to help?" And Rebecca said, "Yeah, me help. No, YOU help."

It's so much fun to have conversations with her in the car on the way home each day. She can tell me just about everything that happened.

Can't wait until Spring! Snow Days are no longer a treat, they are an annoyance. And this isn't even as bad as some other school districts in our area.

thoughts...

Why is it that we (or maybe it's just me) find other peoples' lives so much more interesting than our own? I could literally spend all day reading complete strangers' blogs, enjoy their pictures, and wonder about what their seemingly great life is like.

This morning as I drove to work I was in awe of the beautiful frost crystals on every surface. It made me remember that even in the ordinary drive to work there can be the extraordinary. I have a wonderful life, husband, daughter, career, and mornings like this help me remember that. And it must be a little interesting to some, otherwise you would not be reading :)

Small Fry Swimming "Lessons"

Rebecca had her first swimming "lessons" last night. It's more of free swim time for parents and there kids. Rebecca loved it and even let go of me a few times. She really liked the toys ducks of course and would throw them and then "swim" after them again.

Holiday Review

A lot has happened in the last two weeks! We had a great Christmas with Dan's family and a good New Year with mine. Here are a bunch of pictures - enjoy!

Rebecca and her De Vries cousins Allison and Jessica on Christmas day.
Opening presents with Grandma and Grandpa DV. Rebecca and Jessica got matching baby dolls.
The Pontier sibblings all came on the 31st to spend New Years together. We had lots of fun sledding behind the 4 wheeler and ice skating on our pond. That is Doug and Sam on the sled.
Jon and Tonya on the pond.
Rebecca liked sledding too.
Pontier sibblings - Grace, David, Jonathan, Sarah, and Rachel.
Pontier cousins.
Pontier sibblings and our significant others :)