Sunshine!

We got through the bitter cold week (-10 on Thursday!) and we kept hearing our weathermen promise a warm weekend. Well, for once, they were right! Today it got up to a balmy 38! We reportedly had 2 hours of above freezing temperature in the past two months, so this is a welcome change! So after nap today we decided to take our first family walk of 2011. Clara got a double layer of clothes, put in the moby, and mostly covered with Julie's coat. Joe had his usual winter garb. Joe got right into his wagon where his faithful little plastic arctic animals were still waiting for him. We saw lots of people out, some removing packed snow from sidewalks and roofs, some going to the synagogue, and others like us just enjoying the sunny winter day. We hope we've turned the corner on the bitter cold and are able to take more family walks on weekend afternoons after nap*!

* We can also report that when we heard the familiar sounds of Clara Jane babbling towards the end of nap time, Julie went in to the kid's room thinking she would scoop Clara up in the first moments of awakening before Joe was woken. Instead she saw Clara up on her knees hanging on to the crib cooing at Joe who himself was up on his knees hanging onto his bed rail egging her on. TIme to lower the crib mattress!