but I think we have a dancing prodigy on our hands.  That girl – she’s just all about dancing and ballet lately. She goes on and on talking about her ballet class. She’s forever saying “Mom, mom watch me” before she shows me some new moves. She wears her ballet shoes to bed most days…

Hello mittens. Hello neighborhood. Hello icicles. Hello crunching boots. Hello snow shovel. Hello old houses. Hello snowballs. Hello rosey cheeks. Hello sunshine. Hello snow piles. Hello cold trees. Hello my girls.

We are getting more snow and we tackled another carpet removal project today. The upstairs looks good – the wood matches our bedroom – original to the house. It needs to be cleaned up, but I think we are going to be happy with it. Unfortunately the wood on the stairs does not match the…