Winter is Here!

I really thought we might escape winter this year...no such luck...today's high was 23 degrees...and the weatherman is threatening that we are going to get up to 10 inches dumped on us starting tomorrow.....and guess what...Josh is out of town! So that means...if we really do get 10 inches of snow...Ella and I will be shoveling the driveway! Ella is ecstatic that it's going to snow...where as I could cry! :)

Recap:

1) I mentioned last time Ella is learning Spanish in preschool...so the other night I was getting her out of the bathtub and she says..."nariz" and I was like ummm what?? She said it again and pointed to her nose...so I told Josh to look up what nose is in Spanish...sure enough...that's what she was saying...and "boca" which means mouth. So now she loves to say those words...and "ojos" which means eyes.

2) Josh is gone for a few weeks...he actually left this past Wednesday...and he came home Friday around 10:30pm....and then left this morning at 9:30am to go back to Norfolk...which he'll be there most likely the full two weeks...the case that he has been working on for over a year is finally going to trial.

3) Valentines Day...Josh surprised me and sent me flowers at work...so sweet. I told him after leaving me with Ella for two weeks...and 10 inches of snow....he better be scheduling me a massage the minute he's back in town! :)

4) In the past two days I have done 6 loads of laundry...how is that possible...there is only 3 of us! I felt like that's all I did this weekend...wash clothes and fold them! Not all clothes...I did do towels and blankets, etc.

5) Ella asked me this past week if I would be her best friend forever. Made my eyes water...as I said of course I would be!

6) Now that Josh is out of town...Ella reallllly wants me to sleep in her room....I told her no I couldn't do that....but maybe towards the end of his being out of town...I'll maybe bring her bed into my room....I worry about her actually sleeping in my bed as it's high up and I'm afraid she'll fall out of it. She did that when we went to Vermont...she moves a lot in her sleep...and we were at the hotel and they had a room with two double beds...and I put the pillows on the floor in case she fell...didn't matter she still fell right out and hit her head pretty good :( This is why she is still in a small toddler bed!

7) Ella had her first Valentines Day Party at school....we made cards...well they were store bought...we put them together and she signed her name on every single one! They brought boxes in to decorate and on Friday she brought her box home with all her valentines in it...she had a great time showing them all to me! Oh and speaking of cards...Grandma - Ella got your card and immediately started dancing around the kitchen when she opened it! (it plays music - and Ella thinks that is great!)

I painted our nails for Valentines Day....

 We were hanging out on the chair watching a movie and eating popcorn!

Oh we did get rid of our couch....took it to the dump...it was quite the scene...it was starting to crack and peel...the inexpensive pleather :) So it was Josh and I who moved it...we took it out the double doors onto the deck...threw it over the side of the deck...went out and picked it up onto the top of the xterra....strapped it down and off Josh went to the dump to get rid of it! Maybe a little redneck huh? :)