12 X 12 - January 2011

I can't believe I started these 12 X 12 posts 2 years ago! Look at my little baby Sade from that inaugural post:

Many things have changed, but a lot is the same. The kids started off their day, as they usually do with breakfast.

Jackson always has oatmeal. Sadie usually does too, but yesterday she changed it up a bit and had Apple Jacks. Megan (obviously not pictured), ate Apple Jacks everyday for 8 years, but recently has switched to cinnamon/sugar toast. Interesting!!!

Poor Jackson. I was almost completely out of bread, and only had the ends left. Ordinarily he is a fairly picky eater, but amazingly bread end sandwiches don't bother him much.

After the kids left for school, Sadie asked for the first of her extreme number of snacks she asks for everyday. Her and Jackson are habitual snackers.

Eric was home yesterday morning which is good and bad. On the negative: It means no work, which equals no money. But on the positive: He can do the grocery shopping!

After Eric left for work, I took to my bed, while watching Sadie in the bath. I received this cool gadget for Christmas, which among a myriad of other things, has the Kindle on it. I have mixed feelings about the Kindle. The convenience is great. I often run out of reading material, and it affords me the ability to download a book whenever I want. However, I miss the feel of a book in my hand, and there are no page numbers at the bottom, so it is hard to tell how close to the end of the book you actually are. I ended up finishing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which was quite enjoyable.

And when I had finished I was able to go to this large box of books my good friend Behnaz sent me this week. She loves reading as much as I do, and is so good to send me her books. The joy I experience knowing I have numerous books waiting for me to read is immeasurable. And I had plenty of time to read yesterday. I was feeling horrible. Body aches, chills, the whole gamut. Luckily I have a 3 year old who still naps, and loves to watch T.V. because I spent the majority of the day in bed reading and napping.

When Megan and Jackson were due to get home, I decided I needed to pull myself together! I got out of bed and took some medicine.  I am including this picture because I look as bad as I felt. Don't I look dejected?

They soon arrived home thanks to my dear friend Jennie who has been bringing them home everyday for me, due to my lack of car. I was riding my bike everyday, but then it got sooooo cold. As you can tell the front walkway is littered with boxes, which is a familiar site around here. Eric receives shipments like this for work all the time! Megan is also clapping and saying, "Oh joy, its the 12th", in quite the sarcastic tone. She doesn't love 12 X 12 days.

Speaking of lack of car, our neighbor came over and taught us this newfangled way of starting the Volkswagen that involves a screwdriver. It's quite high-tech (NOT). I was excited to try it out, and we did get it started, but then the steering wheel locked up. Of course!

While outside, Sadie and Jackson were playing a game called "SCREAM." I am sure you can imagine the premise.

Although I was out of bed, I was quite lazy, and kept putting off something I really needed to get done, namely, making dessert for 60 for Young Women's that evening. Luckily Eric bailed me out, and helped me with the entire process, and it got done.

I made it just in time for New Beginnings. Notice my new obsession: Arm Warmers! I want them in every color.