It's STILL SNOWING ... What DO we do?

Well, this is what we are resorted to do on a Sunday in April. Snow, wind, insanity... Go bowling in Livingston. It's always a fun experience. In terms of bowling alleys, it's quite clean and nice, they have kid bumpers, and we have a whopping SIX lanes! They even have kids size 6 for Matine size bowlers! She cried when I made her take off her "sparkles shoes" (thanks again Aunt Micca) and then cried when she had to take of her cool "velcro bowling" shoes when we left. Side note: The woman behind the counter had to ask me how to spell my name... No joke. She wasn't stuck on whether or not there was an "e" at the end or not ... No, she didn't know what came after the B-R .... I am not sure what to think about that.

Mattie enjoyed the experience, although she preferred to hang out behind the computer screens and mess with the buttons. I am pretty sure she reset the games so many times that Logan never actually scored past the 5th frame.

William was a pro and William was a pro and Madeleine only had to fetch about 1 dozen balls that were stuck in the lanes.

Betty Crocker

If Betty were 30 inches tall, a bit chubby, kind of bald, talked a lot of gibberish, and managed to fill an entire house with flour as she cooked.

Scrumptious -- of course I am talking about the baby. The cookies were alright.

First Pages of Her Memoirs

This child loves to color. I mean LOVES to color. Pens, pencils, crayons, markers ... She loves to write notes and she usually dictates what she is writing or coloring as she goes. I found an article recently that I found amusing. It was about the benefits of letting a child color and draw and says that - it develops coordination, grip, strength, as well as imagination and an awareness of shapes, colors and designs. The article was about pre-preschoolers and how to assess their readiness for handwriting ... Yes, Matine is only 20 months old, but as I read, "By observing coloring one can also determine a child's handwriting readiness. Things to look for to help determine a child's handwriting readiness are: "Attention, crayon grip, posture/strength/endurance, and the use of the helping hand(the hand that holds the paper)." (taken from Pre-School Playbook)

Whoa.  This child holds a pencil better than some adults, and as you can see is QUITE determined, and can entertain herself for an hour at a time with a piece of paper and a crayon.  Maybe I can encourage to start her memoirs now?