NEVER!

Edward after climbing onto a dining room chair: "No booster seat!! Hahahahaha." (With a fist pump) "NEVER!"

Love your Brother?

Not at my house. As much as my boys talk about loving each other, the obvious truth is that they'd LOVE to be only children.

Ethan can't wait for Edward's nap so that he can get out big boys toys or have mom all to himself. And Edward, when we're dropping Ethan off at preschool, literally drags me back to the car so that he can have the toys all to himself.

Maybe what we need is two toy rooms!

All joking aside, they do love each other and they show it in lots of ways. Playing together is just not one of them.

Cooking Again

In the adjustment back to a "normal" life, I've started cooking again. Old standbys for now while I'm feeling rusty. But more once I'm comfortable in my new kitchen.

To push myself along, I'm posting on my other blog again. Weekly menus and the corresponding recipes as I make them. Even if they're of no help to anyone else, it will get me back to my happy place and help me keep track of my recipes.

Is it over?

Can I open my eyes yet? Is 2009 totally and completely gone?

Whew!

It's been a rough ride. One I wouldn't voluntarily repeat. But would I change it? No way!

It would be wonderful to think that we would have ended 2009 on the high we did without the lows. But I don't think it was possible.

So I'll celebrate the growth. And the achievement of some of our long-term goals.

But no one can blame me for a little bit of relief that it's over.