Clifford, The Big Red Dog came to our library last week! Elli wan't sure about him at first, but Ralphy wanted to check him out. After the little guy said hi, Elli decided it would be OK to do so, too! I think she would have stayed next to him all day if she could have! We're still having fun and getting outside on every mild day that comes our way. Pre-school is still great for Elli. Ralphy has a new trick: climbing INTO his bed! (He hasn't tried to climb out yet...let's hope he doesn't figure that one out!)

the weather outside was not so frightful

so our new photo calendar that i made says "the weather outside is frightful" on the january page...usually that would make sense...but not this year so far...we've started 2008 on the mild side as you can see in the pictures...

we took advantage of the two very warm days (70+ degrees) that we had earlier this week...the kids finally got to run around without being bundled up...we went to the bird sanctuary to check in on our feathered friends and elli decided we really needed to take pictures of all of them...i included a few for your enjoyment! she said, "aren't the turkey vultures soooo cute?" that's never the first thought that pops into my head when i see them, but she is a true animal lover...and i think ralphy is going to be like his sister in that respect, too, although i think it will be awhile before he will verbalize his thoughts on the birds, because he really doesn't care to talk much at this point...he's gonna get by on his good looks for awhile...