New Year, New Things

Just a week ago I was soooo happy to see the snow disappear. Now, I'm not so sure that was a good thing. Snow has been replaced by MUD and lots of it!! I think I hate mud more than snow. After working out at the house, B's jeans are so full of mud that they get the washing machine all by themselves.
But, enough complaining. If it's warm enough to be muddy, then it's warm enough to keep working on the new house. And that's a very good thing. The garage footings have been poured and the walls formed. I would have never guessed we would be doing this in January!
Time for the kids go back to school tomorrow. Yogi lost a tooth during the break, and he'll have a story to tell his class. It fell out in the orange he was eating.

I'm sure he'll also be suffering withdrawal from hours and hours of video games, Bella will be suffering withdrawal from Webkinz, and Little Red will be missing them both while they are at school.
As a side note, Little Red has been having so much fun with them home. Sometimes I cannot believe how big she's getting. The other day, I think she told her first joke. Now, she's also learned how to repeat just about any 3 or 4 syllable word. And since she repeats everything, we'll really have to watch what we say. Today I heard her say "idiot" a few times. I'm not sure if Yogi or Bella is to blame for that?? Maybe I should yell at them both and cover all the bases :) On the bright side, she was able to tell me that her "ear huwt" and she needed "tynol." It was pathetic and funny all at once.
Since the holidays are over, it's time to get back into a routine again. So, in celebration of the last day of winter break, we tried to do some fun stuff today. Bella had been begging to open her Bratz hair coloring studio. I had been putting that off, but today conceded. It was actually pretty fun (and not too messy). After we colored the Bratz hair, I let the girls put a little color in their own hair. It washes out with plain water. Then they wanted their picture taken.

Later we'll have another Wii Mario Cart tournament, then call it a day.
Happy New Year!