Whilst the boys were away, we did relax

 This is Ari's favorite man & favorite book--an African legend called "Anansi the Spider." It has so many bright colors, I guess that's the appeal.  There is no limit to how many times she wants this read, & it's pretty cute to see her follow me around without it saying "pider, pider!"

We were going a bit stir-crazy so we went on a walk since it was so sunny...only it was 30 degrees...good idea Mom...

It was strange/nice just to relax & not really do much over the break (that's Tony's idea of a REAL vacation). Tony & I watched a season of "Lark Rise to Candleford," one of the newer BBC shows on DVD during the break, so many of our evenings were spent just talking with each other/with the boys here & there, watching an episode or two, reading a book, doing a couple projects, chilling to the MAX since the two littles go to bed at 7 & neither can get out of bed to ask for anything... Tony commented, "it's almost like we're dating again" :) 

New Year's was much the same, we ordered a pizza (rare nowadays) from the joint down the street & if you can believe this, it was 'pulled pork with pickles, tomato & cheese.' It sounds disgusting, but was actually quite fabulous! Sometime after midnight when we were in bed I said, "oh, yeah, it's the new year!" Crazy to be so lazy, eh? We soaked it all up, but did miss sharing the lack of busyness with the boys.