Hadley was giddy to find her boyfriend back in the studio this week. Probably because he’s without-a-doubt 2018’s top Abercrombie model.

You remember him from here.
He sure is getting irresistible in his old age, isn’t he?

And just watch out for those smoldering eyes.

They’ll melt your heart!

You can just zip it. I saw a little boy at the library last week with every last one of his nails painted. PINK.

We’ve got a good new thing going here. It’s something I look forward to all week and it’s called Friday night. Oh, you have it at your house too?

Well, on OUR Friday nights, we have a warm fire, takeout from far and exotic lands like West Bloomfield , Southfield, or Ferndale. And to top it all off, we even have fireside tricks for the whole family. Last Friday we had a little yo-yo mania, and it looked a little something like this…

Tomorrow…Barbara Jean’s all the way from Georgia (finally!) and a hootenanny! I can’t wait to tell you about it…

You may recall that we are bona fide library junkies around here. And how could we not be, with day after day of free entertainment? Oh the freeness of it all!

At our very own beloved Milford Public Library, we recently scored a sheet listing 25 games to play with magnetic letters. TWENTY FIVE. And all I ever knew to do with them was spell words.

So as part of our Good Clean Fun Winter Wednesdays, I selected the best of the games, created a few of my own, and organized them into two age groups. Then, I made Jim slave away (cursing me under his breath all the while–What I won’t risk for you Internet!) to make it all look pretty for you. So here’s a PDF you can print out to hang up with your own magnetic letters – giving you some ideas to keep little fingers busy today while you cook dinner. Or while you eat bon bons. Up to you.

As a side-note, I also think this would make a swell go-to gift for all the little birthdays in your life. Laminate the lists at your favorite office supply store, glue a magnet on the back and package it all up in a cute little bag with a set or two of letters (ours were $1 at Walmart). I think they’d even make great little goodie bags when hosting the next birthday bash for your preschooler.

I knew you’d love the freeness. Enjoy!

One of Jim’s littlest friends came back this weekend. In’t she cute?

January has come and gone. That means spring is a mere month-and-a-half away, friends. Believe it! (Incidentally, does anyone else feel a little gypped this winter? I mean my snowshoes have fallen into a state of depression.)

Anyway, in an effort to stay in the here and now, I am starting a new category on this blog. At the end of each month, I plan to search through Jim’s photos and pick the very one that sums it up best. And just for fun, I’m going to post one from the same month last year too. So we can compare and contrast and remember and be happy all at the same time. A tall order, me thinks, as I will usually have hundreds of photos to pick from.

So without further ado, here’s January, 2010 in a snapshot…

And, here was January, 2009…

A few words come to mind, like: fresh, cozy, hibernate, snuggle, knit knit purl, and also ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE GROWING UP SO FAST.