Silence Is Never Golden

Nothing brings on a panic more than the realization that it's awfully quiet around here. Silence can only mean one of 5 things when there's a 2 year old around...

1) Someone is hiding...pooping

2) Someone is coloring on something other than paper

3) Something is being destroyed...just quiet enough so Mom doesn't catch the guilty party

4) Digging all the bright pink lip gloss out of the container and smearing it all over your face is a silent activity...it gets much louder when your big sister finds out :)

5) Someone is no longer in the house...must install higher lock to prevent future escapes!

My Baby Is 2!

Happy Birthday Eliott! It's been a crazy, topsy-turvy, smile filled 2 years :) I love you Elly Belly!!!!

To D.C or Not D.C.?

The drama in our house over the last month has been focused on the annual middle school trip to Washington D.C. Elisse REALLY wants to go. I understand, the trip itself sounds awesome! All the sights in D.C. and a side trip to PA to see the Liberty Bell and the such. ALL her friends are going. How much fun would it be to fly across the country and see all the historical sites, in such a historical year, with your friends? When you're 13? All for the low, low price of $1500...ahhh...that is a lot. I think, maybe, if we take a mini vacation instead of a faraway one (aka drive around Colorado, which is a pretty sweet place) we can afford to send her. Now I just have to figure out how not to be a nervous wreck the last week of October when I put my baby on a plane without me and send her on her way...