7QT: This week is dedicated to the potpourri of activities we’ve been doing to distract us from the bitter cold!
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We’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of this drill that Walt received for Christmas. Both of our boys have found fun uses for it.
Harry is a little more conventional and enjoys actually drilling the screws into the drill center board.
Walt, on the other hand, calls the drill his “freeze ray.” He’s just a *TAD* obsessed with all things Despicable Me at the moment, so he’ll take any opportunity he gets to convert an object into Gru’s freeze ray.
This morning, the boys were playing on the ground while I got ready. Walt handed Harry his crayon piggy bank. “Here, Harry, this can be your heat ray, and I’ll get you with my freeze ray!”
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Last Friday night, Philip and I watched The Hundred-Foot Journey, so we had Indian food on our brains. While I was taking my niece out for her birthday Saturday (more on that later!), Philip took it upon himself to bake some naan. He thought it’d be a fun baking project since we had decided we’d have Indian takeout when I got home that evening.
It was delicious! He did a great job! I wish I could share the recipe, but he says he combined 5 different ones that he found online.
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Philip just asked me what I was writing about.
“How you baked some naan to go with our takeout last weekend.”
“Don’t be naan-chalant about it!”
He’s a punny guy! We don’t get out much, folks.
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We got a little dusting of snow, so the kids insisted on running around in it in the backyard.
Sometimes Harry gets a little too much loving…
There he goes!
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Our associate pastor came over for dinner, and he gained several big fans. Harry absolutely ADORES Father! Every time Father put him down, Harry would turn back toward him with his arms outstretched. Walt’s favorite thing about Father is his hair. “He has hair JUST LIKE ME!”
Father joined us after dinner for our GodTeens meeting. The teens had a list of questions they had come up with ahead of time. Father did a great job answering their questions, and the teens really seemed to enjoy getting to spend time with Father in a more informal setting. We are so grateful that Father would carve out an evening to spend time with our family and GodTeens.
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Jane and I had some special girl time this week when just the two of us got to do the grocery shopping. For Jane, the highlight was arriving at Sam’s early enough to get to enjoy a delicious pastry.
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Walt’s best friend from preschool is a special little lady. We’ve arranged to have her come over for regular playdates at our house after preschool, and Walt is so smitten. It works out nicely because Walt and Walt’s lady friend are more than happy to let Jane join in their fun. The three of them had a ball earlier this week. Mr. Walt still takes an afternoon nap, so having a friend over for an afternoon playdate was quite a feat. Walt was fading toward the end of the playdate, so I decided to put on (what else?) Despicable Me 2. I was able to snap this adorable pic of Walt and his lady friend snuggled up close. Aren’t they the cutest?
Have a great weekend! For more 7QT posts, head over to this week’s link-up at Kelly Mantoan’s blog This Ain’t the Lyceum.
