First up, a few last pictures from over Christmas. These are from our very grownup and cultured trip into DC.
The National Building Museum had an exhibit on DC culture. We were cised to see this:
This is outside the National Academy of Sciences! One day we might work here...
Eric has been cooking up a bunch of fancy Asian food. The first is a fish curry, the second an udon noodle soup. That jonx was D-L-S!
Just a few days ago, this is what the garden looked like: crocuses, snowdrops, and the return of the rhubarb.
Becky gave the kids in the daycare bags of candy for Valentine's Day, including lollipops, I guess as some kind of revenge. We gave Oscar one and are still finding exceptionally sticky spots around the house. Also, as a good cat baby should, Oscar loves being in a box.
And these are from today! It has been snowing since last night. This morning it was pretty warm, the roads were still dry, and the snow was perfect for snowballs. We went on some errands around town and stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a little treat, and Oscar saw a young woman with longish blondish hair and said "Elizabeth!" He was very excited to see her out and about! We got home and it was still relatively nice outside, so Oscar and I tried out the sled (very hard to pull on wet snow) and making a snowman. I had a really good time rolling around a giant snowball. It took me back to my childhood, when my favorite way of doing it was pushing it with my head. And honestly, if circumstances had allowed, I totally would have done it that way today too. It started getting cold, making the snow turn into tiny pellets instead of nice fat flakes, right at lunchtime - perfect!
And while Oscar took a nap, I started tidying up my craft room so that a twin mattress could fit inside. A lot of stuff got stored in the garage temporarily, but now the room is very cozy! Oscar loves having his own bed to jump on, and that he can climb on and off of so easily.
I just read a hilarious and useful book called "the magical art of tidying up", explaining a method for getting in control of your stuff once and for all. I greatly agree with her main principle, which is to only keep things that bring you joy. She also advocates saying hello to your house when you get home, and thanking your objects for a job well done before you put them away. She has some firm ideas about how to put your clothes away too - no socks in balls, ever! Fold shirts to stand on end, not in stacks! I don't think I will be applying her method as rigorously as she describes, but it is very freeing to think of only being surrounded by things that bring me joy.
I am not nesting.
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