Sunday Best

A couple of Sunday's ago, Gabe and I vowed to make it to church. See, we have had a New Year's resolution to go to church more. But having a baby sort of puts a kink into those plans since her nap time always seems to fall right when church is supposed to start. And, being total saps, we cannot bring ourselves to wake that slumbering angel out of a peaceful sleep to drag her to a church nursery where she will torture the attendant to death with her crankiness.

But that Sunday, we had a plan. We would get up early enough to make it to the early service that was before her nap. Well, we got up, got dressed in our Sunday best. However, somehow, we were running too late to make it to the 8:30 service at our normal church.
Darn it!
"Well, the Lutheran church has a 9am service", I offered. We have been thinking about trying out different churches ever since the pastor that we loved got transferred.

So off we go to the Lutheran church. But we get there and things just don't feel right. It was a very small church with a sanctuary the size of my living room. The people there were not very friendly or welcoming. It just felt wrong. So we turned around and went back to the car feeling a bit defeated.

As we drove out of the parking lot, we looked at each other and thought the same thing.
"We got up early, and got dressed up for this. We are going to church, I don't care where it is!!"

So, we went to Mass.

Bugs

So, our little munchkin has developed an affinity for ladybugs.

Who doesn't like ladybugs? They are cute and sweet. They don't bite. They are great for a garden.

But each fall, we get infested with them. Hundreds and hundreds of ladybugs converge on the house. Through the winter we are constantly cleaning up ladybugs. Each time I think I finally have them all, more show up. They are all dying so they fall to the floor. This is where Mia comes in.

She loves to play with them, studiously pick them up from the floor (which is hard to do), and yes....eat them.

Each time I discover she has something in her mouth, I dig around (much to her disliking) and out comes the desecrated ladybug.

Yuk.

With the spring, the ladybugs finally disappear. Then the flies come.

Oh boy.

Double yuk!

Pic(s) of the Week: Winter Wonderland

Seems like every other day we have been getting snow. This last storm was so pretty I had to take pictures...

Pic(s) of the Week

So the other night I am emptying the dishwasher while Mia was playing contently on the floor. I somehow got lost in putting away the silverware and when I finally turned back around, I found this:



All I have to say is thank goodness for cell phone cameras...

Snow

Our area has seen a ton of snow this year. It is actually pretty rare for Kansas City to see this kind of snow. I like it (except when it melts-see previous post) because it reminds me of home. But the last few storms came with bitter cold temperatures that kept us from going out and enjoying it. This weekend, we finally got snow with decent temps.

So Sunday, we bundled Mia up and gave her the chance to experience her first snow.

Of course, the first thing she did was try to eat it but quickly figured out how untastey (is that a word?) that was.

The excursion didn't last long. She really didn't quite know what to do with herself. And the thick bundling didn't lend well to moving around. She tried to crawl around, but got snow in her boot and she made it clear to us she wanted to go back inside.

I have to say, it was nice to get outside for a bit. It has been too long.