I'm back from a little break. Breaks have seemed to happen often around here. Please excuse me for taking them unannounced. Sometimes I need to do a little regrouping before I can do any outputting. Dave's is the best at "regrouping" in our home and I am learning a thing or two from him. He can't fix dinner if there are dishes on the counter and in the sink. He always takes th 5 or 10 minutes it takes to regroup before making another creation (mess). Me? Well, if it has got to go in the oven NOW, I'll just scootch the mess over and pile higher until I have a portion of workspace as I continue to add to the mountain. This is just one example that can be applied to so much of the business of the day. It is so much easier, and dare I say funner, to make a creation=mess rather than clean one up. In order to create order you must create some amount of disorder. That's entropy for you. That's just the way of things. That said, I think it's a worthy goal to strive for a "regrouping" habit, and so I will continue to try. Funny though, because as I type, I see dishes from lunch we ate and the cupcakes I made. All this to say that I'm back at the blog.

Here's a few highlights since I last posted.
* I gave Malcolm (18 mo.) his first haircut - I should really say trim. He doesn't have much hair to start with, it's just over his ears that hair shoots out a little faster than the rest. While he was in the bathtub he got a little snippy snip and that was that. Nothing picture worthy, it all happened so fast. I did think to save it in a little bag. A small token of my baby turning into a boy.


*My sister Amy came for a quick visit from Boston. We had a really good time. Malcolm was enchanted by his Aunt Amy.


*Malcolm was earning his keep. Actually, with his snow boots on he hardly moved from where he was planted.