extraordinary week

this week has certainly been extra-ordinary!!

last night/today, we got our first real snow of the season. a few weeks ago several parts of the metro area were dusted with some snow but today was the real deal. we have about 6-8" on the ground and lots of low-hanging/broken limbs. it was a preschool day for marianne so by the time i picked her up she was desperate to get out and play in the snow. we bundled up and went out for a bit to throw a few snowballs and run in the deep drifts. george would have been in heaven!!! but we had to enjoy it without him.

marianne's preschool has each child take turns being "student of the week" and they ask the parents to bring in an "all about me" poster for their child. marianne and i have been talking about her favorite things, people, and fun ideas for her poster for a few the last several weeks. this is marianne's week so i put in a couple of late nights to finish it up. when we dropped it off at her preschool earlier this week, marianne was heartbroken that it had to stay at school and we couldn't bring it home. i think i was just as proud of it as she was!

marianne and i got a special treat on monday...after weeks of jerry working long, late hours to meet his audit deadlines for work, he decided to work from home on monday! we all went for lunch together at one of our favorite burger joints—freddy's (very reminiscent of steak n shake)—and marianne had her very first cheeseburger and fries! daddy was the proud one this time. she actually loved it and ate almost her entire cheeseburger...at least she washed it down with milk, right?


this is actually from last week: marianne was building with blocks and built this "pirate ship" (her idea completely) all by herself. okay, well i had to help brace some of the pieces while she stacked the tall sail but otherwise it was all her own doing! i got the camera to snap a few bragging photos and then she started hamming it up...covering her eye with her hand (her pirate eye patch) and saying "argghhh, matey"! i caught a little video too.

alright, so this is actually from a few weeks ago but i forgot i had it and just found it on my phone! we were grabbing a quick lunch at the grocery store cafe on our way home from the pumpkin festival and marianne started dancing to the grocery store "elevator music." a riot.