my brother's shirt

jack beeeeeged me to help him put andy's shirt on. i told him i didn't think it would fit. when it was on, and just barely brushing his ankles, he triumphantly declared that it DID FIT!:)

"my life in france"

france. i love it. i, possibly, will never get there. BUT!, i borrowed "my life in france", by julia child, from the library last night. bon! it is sooo good. it's all about the few years that she and her husband lived in paris around the end of the 40's and the early 50's. yum. detailed accounts of restauants, meals, markets, etc. i can't put it down. it is in my lap as i type this.:) (slow dial-up gives me gaps of time in which to multi-task.) this morning while i read i laughed aloud. that's the joy of cooking.;) anyway, i had a croissant today. maybe tomorrow i'll knit myself a beret.

big boy pants

i'm really proud of my little pottytrainer. jack is doing great. he has his setbacks... about every time i start bragging on him.:) all in all, it is going amazingly smooth. he even pulls his pants down and goes himself sometimes. i am so grateful. everyone sez that boys are supposed to be more difficult. and jack is stubborn. like his parents. thank goodness i'm almost done with the diaper phase! praise the Lord!

pop cornin'

bought a hot air popcorn popper from my cousin-in-law when we did our combined garage sale last summer. didn't try it out until i partially melted the microwave. oops. well (for about a quarter!) we now have lovely fresh popcorn frequently. i must admit i love pouring butter over it and shaking out the salt.:) but, it's got to be healthier than microwave popcorn with all the chemicals and preservatives, right? that's what i tell myself. hush. jack and i like to watch the popcorn rise. how exciting!

snowmobile

just thought i would post this photo of dan and jack with the snowmobile before the snow is gone away. dan took jack for a little ride and made him the happiest of little boys. this year was pretty good for snowmobiling. of course, i barely went. andy just took me for a short ride up the hill after i sledded down it one night.:) how pathetic! well, i am the one that usually has to watch jack, so i don't get that many opportunities. plus, i almost kill myself every time i try to operate one of them. oops.

spring is coming!

i am so glad spring is coming. it's a lot nicer being outside in the lingering snow when it is nice and warm out. this is a photo i took one day when i took jack down the driveway for the mail. he thinks it's great fun and yelled "wee!" most of the time. yesterday i let him wear his rain boots and stomp in the puddles. YEAH FOR SPRING!

molly's mega market bag

just started another market bag, so i thought i'd post photos of the last one.:) this one i gave to my sis-in-law as a bday gift. i think the next one will be a gift, too. i am trying to get caught up on gifts i want to give JUST BECAUSE. now's a great time, since Christmas is so very far away. (but i'm not going to let it creep up on me. i'm going to get my gifts started even earlier this year! bigger gifts! better gifts! how exciting!) anyway, i think this next bag will be entitled "molly's MEDIUM market bag". i think it will be more useful if it wasn't so...mega.:)