TGIF!

What a wasted work day, not much to do here at the office but "look busy and act worried" (as Justin would say) to keep the boss from bugging me. It's actually 50 plus degrees & sunny outside, all evidence of the "ice storm" are gone - a perfect day to do something outdoors but I'm stuck here at my desk trying to wrangle new photos of bread for our next ads. Hopefully the weather will stay nice so Annabelle and I can visit the park tomorrow...maybe we'll find some ducks to feed!

I've armed myself with an extra binky in the car for tonight's drive home. Last night Annabelle wailed the entire ride home because we forgot her binky at Ruth's house and she wanted it so badly! After thirty minutes of non-stop "I want my binky" crying I thought I was going to lose my mind...then as we pulled into the garage I looked down into my purse and there it was - a pink binky sitting in my purse, right in front of my face! Oh, the joys of motherhood!

My Artist

OU and OCU had another snow day today and with the horrible driving experiences of yesterday I decided to stay home today (no ads going to press today and nothing that can't wait for tomorrow on my desk at the office anyway!). Annabelle had her first experience with fingerpaints, she totally loved them and really got into getting the paint all over her entire hands! We ended up with some really terrific works of art! Some of the artworks were a little "heavy" on the paint so I had to clothespin them to the fence outside to dry out for the day. Notice how much paint she has on her hands, I thought it would never wash off but miraculously it all came off with soap. Annabelle has this unusual knack for keeping clean, she didn't get a DROP of paint on her clothes or anywhere...I think she has inherited this unusual cleanliness from Justin, it's definitely not from me! I think I even had paint on my shirt! After the fingerpainting we made chocolate chip cookies, I think Annabelle ate most of the chocolate chips before I could get them into the cookie batter...oh well.

Since yesteday Annabelle has been asking her Daddy for a guitar, not just any guitar, a PINK guitar. First thing this morning when she saw Daddy she asked "when do I get my pink guitar", I'm not sure where the obsession with the "PINK guitar" came from, but now poor Daddy is on the lookout for a pink guitar for Annabelle!

Snow Day Continued

I made it home from work after a treacherous drive that ended with my car almost getting stuck in our neighborhood - thanks Papa for the helpful winter weather driving advice, I wouldn't have made it without you! The car was actually just sitting in the street stuck, I thought I was going to have to get out and walk the final few yards to the house! The car is now in the garage and I think it will stay there until this weather passes...

Here are some pics of Annabelle checking out the weather and a pic of the ruts in our yard from the mailwoman getting her mail truck stuck for 20 minutes!

I sure hope it warms up tomorrow!

Snow Day!

Bad weather in Oklahoma today and yesterday. OCU closed at 1:30 yesterday, Justin picked Annabelle up from Ruth's house (after a 45 minute drive that should've taken 10 minutes!). OCU and OU called off classes today, Justin and Annabelle are at home enjoying the sleet/snow/ice. I am at work - came in late, roads were horrific so hopefully I'll get out of the office before the sun goes down! It's lightly snowing outside now, would be really pretty if I were sitting in my house and not at my desk! The Big Boss bought us all pizza for lunch since we're all trapped in here for the day...

The Qualls Kids - Gavin's Party

Siti sent us these pictures of Gavin's 4th Birthday party and Alyssa at her basketball game. We hope you had a terrific birthday Gavin! The dinosaur looks really cool!

Uneventful Weekend

Winding down from an uneventful weekend, Annabelle spent her day playing with her toys, watching Wizard of Oz, shopping with Mommy and Daddy and napping. No sickness this weekend, thank goodness! We worked on the potty training all day Saturday but decided to give it a rest today. We can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can start working on our garden, flower beds and playing outside! We only wish we had a swingset in our backyard...hint, hint Daddy. It only got up to around 32 degrees here this weekend, not warm enough to even spend some time at the park like we did last weekend! Even poor Walter has been getting a little restless with being inside so much, he spends about an hour each evening sitting outside on the patio until he just can't stand the cold any more!

Wizard, Princess, Fairy...

Annabelle was a wizard, a fairy and a princess this weekend. The princess doesn't like to have her picture taken though as you can see! The Wizard likes to turn Daddy into a frog. Ribbit, ribbit...