Saturday Bits

• Making baby food is one of my greatest joys in life. On today's menu: spinach, roasted vegetables, squash and carrot.

• I think it's hilarious when Steele or Adia will all of a sudden exclaim, "Where's Xochi?!?!" when she's been in bed for an hour already.

• It's really hard to pack for vacation with 2 very excited preschoolers. When I woke up this morning Steele had taken food out of the fridge and was loading it into boxes.

• It's hailing. I think we'll skip Uncle Gabe's soccer game today.

• In an attempt to finish packing and leave in a timely matter tomorrow morning to pick up Justin from work, I have let my kids watch t.v. and play computer games all day.
  

• Xochi is moving from 2 naps to 1. In the mean time, her sleeping is a bit wonky. So far today she's taken a 1 hour nap this morning and just woke up after sleeping an hour this afternoon.

• Xochi is also becoming increasingly mobile. Even with my earnest attempts to keep the floor clean, every time I walk into the kitchen I have to pry open her locked jaws and dig something out. String, coffee beans, pieces of dried leaves, a cadbury mini egg... Fortunately she also has 6 teeth now.

• We got a suburban. Did I mention that? Folks around these parts call it "the rig." We're building an interesting collection of stickers for it - union stickers, a Mt. Baker sticker, an Apple sticker, a Whiskey Militia sticker. I'm also going to add this sticker very soon.

• We're leaving for vacation tomorrow with my parents to the Oregon Coast. While I'm really excited to go, I'm sad that we'll miss the Easter celebration at our church.

• I ended up going out to sushi with a few girlfriends for my birthday. We had a great time but I've been craving sushi ever since. I think I could eat it every day.

• I regularly collect home decorating photos. This is my favorite one lately. I love the lockers installed into the wall.
  

• We also got a new iMac. We've been doing a lot of this.

• I'm taking several knitting projects on our trip. I may be delusional in thinking I can get all of them done but I can dream, right?

• Shalom Cardigan
• Those Mitts
• Pom Pom Cap
• Girly Mitts