Oh boy. I have the flu today. Or something that gives you the aches and pains, blah blah blah. We are having an at home on the couch/bed day.

Now I am wondering if this is the root of Carter’s recent fussiness. If it is, I totally understand.

Dance class was yesterday—I would write about it, but I was instructed to go out with the other mommies so she could “play with the teacher” – it appeared that she was having fun—despite wearing Carter’s pants. Yes, that’s right, now that she does not wear a diaper, she can fit into his clothes—they are just a little short. She was wearing pj bottoms for ease of movement, but when she got out of the car she sat down in the mud by mistake. Of course, this was the one day that I did not bring a change of clothing for her. But I did have a pair of pants for Carter, so we gave that a shot. It worked, and so there she was in a red turtleneck (the current favorite) and carter’s khaki pants. With the capri effect, she looked like a little beat poet, only the outfit was not black.

The winter carnival starts today, and we have no snow. Well, barely any snow. And it has been so warm, they cannot even build the ice castle. The ice is too thin to cut the blocks out of the lake. So weird. I don’t think it has been below 20, let alone 0, in weeks. Yesterday it was sunny and almost 50. It has done wonders for my mood! Others may moan about the skiing, but since that is not in my near future, I am more than happy to have spring in January. It means I can take the kids out for walks. But not today. Today, I am curling up with them.