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Today is Valentines day, so what better picture then Violet enjoying some Valentines gifts from her Nana and Papa. I had hopped for a more Family oriented day, but with Melissa working it just didn’t work out. Though I did have a good time with the kids. Jacob and I built a Crazy Fort train while Violet napped. When she was up she enjoyed crawling through it. I’m really looking forward to Family day tomorrow, Melissa isn’t working and we can spend the day as a family.
Well it took just under 13 months but Melissa has finally managed to give Violet pigtails. Not sure what inspired her to try this morning but she did and found that it worked. They are pretty small pigtails but I have to say they are cute. Though they represent something I don’t like admitting, My baby girl is growing up.
Tonight is the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic games. I had hopped to watch the opening Ceremonies with Melissa, but it wasn’t to be. She’s off at work and though I thought of keeping Jacob awake to watch with me, I think he might be just a little to young. I’m hoping to watch some of the events with him over the next few weeks. The Ceremonies have been quite a spectacle. I’m quite excited about the Olympics this year, and I’m hoping that I can get Jacob at least a little interested in the different sports. Though I don’t think Melissa is going to appreciate me trying to watch curling.
Tonight while Melissa was off at work, I bundled up the kids and headed out for a little walk with my mom to shoppers to pick up some supplies for Jacob to take to pre-school tomorrow. We’re putting together little Valentines packages for each of his class mates. While we were walking Jacob tried to push the stroller but it was to hard for him with his mitts on. So he was content just holding on to the side.
Tonight for play time with Jacob we built a shed for his trains out of Lego. We started by making letters out of his Lego and spelling his name, but then the thought of a shed for his trains came up and away we went. It was a fun time. Though as it seems is always the problem with Lego we didn’t have enough pieces.
Tonight we take a look at Jacobs Meds. Today Jacob started a third treatment for his double ear infections. It started a week and a half ago when he complained of ear pain, after a trip to the Kids Clinic (Project 365 Day 28). We followed up with a trip to the pediatrician last Wednesday to do a check for swimming and just to make sure it was healing, it wasn’t, he got a boost to the first round of Antibiotics and an ear drop. So today when he complained about his ear hurting we scheduled another visit to his doctor. Turns out that both ears have a perforated eardrum and now he’s on a another round of Antibiotic. I’m really hoping that this super strength drug does the trick and his ears can get better.
When I was thinking about today’s photo it occurred to me that I haven’t posted a picture of the 5th member of the family in a while. This is Chloe, our cat. She’s a sweet little thing, except when she’s not. One interesting thing is the different reactions the kids had to her. When Jacob was a baby he didn’t have much interest in Chloe, but Violet loves her. She gets excited when she sees her and tries to grab her all the time. Overall Chloe has been good with her, though there are times she’s been close to taking a swipe at Violet so we always have to watch them when they are together.
When I started my daily blogging back in October I joined NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month. Each month they challenge there members to post everyday to their blog. It’s a great community of people and one that I find I don’t take advantage of enough. So today I thought I’d do a post around this months suggested theme, TIES.
In a couple of months Melissa’s mom is formalizing her long time relationship by getting married. They have been planning the wedding for the last couple of months and as time goes by the plans change. The original plan was for the guys to were black suits and red ties, so they went out and picked up matching red ties for everyone. Plans have changed and now it seems instead of wearing our black suits and red ties we’re going to be renting suits. So now I have a nice red tie without an anywhere to wear it.
Today we take a moment to admire the inner workings of the computer. The mass of electronics that I have changed the world. Perhaps not my most inspired picture of the day, but its the heart of a tool I use ever day. I thought it might be fun to show off what it looked like inside.
Everyday on the way to work I walk by this fountain. It seems that its running most days regardless of the weather. Its a nice reminder that winter last for ever, even that some days it feels like it will.