It looks like spring, but feels like winter

It is beautifully sunny outside today in Michigan.  However, the temps do not portray the beauty.  I believe that it is only 25 deg. outside and it is 4pm.  The girls and I did go outside for about 20 mins right after lunch to get some fresh air and sunshine into our bodies.  Other than the weather, I don’t have a whole lot to talk about.  Well, I should rephrase that…I don’t think I have much time to get into the political stuff that has been on my mind.  The girls will be waking any moment now.  I’ll try to save that for a later date.  I do love to talk politics even though I don’t consider myself to be an expert on the subject.  I just like to talk about things that I see and hear and care deeply about.  But, like I said, I will save the political talks for later.

Today has been a pretty good day.  The girls woke up at 7 am (which is better than usual).  They have been sleeping in more often, which is kinda nice.  After breakfast, we played a little while and then I had to vacuum my home - it had been way too long since I vacuumed really well and it needed it.  After vacuuming, I put Emma down for a nap and me and the older girls played some more and started some laundry.  While we were watching Alvin & The Chipmunks, I heard a thud from Emma’s room.  Of course, after the thud a pretty serious cry followed.  So, I ran into her room to find her on the floor on all fours and NOT happy.  Yep, she had fallen out of her crib.  The back story is that a few weeks ago I mentioned to Dan that she had been standing up in her crib more often and we should probably lower the crib.  Obviously we did not get right on that and it turns out that we pushed our luck too far.  So, I had to lower the crib mattress after lunch before her afternoon nap.  She seems to be fine - I don’t think that she hurt herself too badly, but we will be watching her closely.  After that episode, we did lunch and then the girls wanted to go outside to play with Pixel.  I figured that it couldn’t be too bad of an idea, Pixel could really use some rammin’ around time.  Kylie & Kennedy didn’t want to be outside alone, so Emma and I decided to join them.  I bundled Emma up in her snowsuit and put her in our Jeep umbrella stroller.  Kylie wanted to push her in the stroller, so I said that she could but she had to go slow because the yard is very hard and bumpy.  She listened for a little while, but it didn’t take long for her to realize that it was more fun to run and push Emma.  Especially since Emma would laugh really loud when they went fast.  I did see this next event coming and even told Kylie that she needed to watch where she was going and go slow with Emma.  But, as you can guess, soon after I said that, Kylie ran into a small pile of snow and the stroller went forward and Kylie fell over it.  So, there’s Emma hanging in the stroller with her face on the ground and Kylie lying on the ground right next to her.  I ran quickly to pick Emma and the stroller up and realized that it was time to go inside.  Poor Emma.  She had two traumatic events in one day.  This certainly is not going to go down in her book as one of her "best days."  LOL

Well, the girls are waking up and I gotta get dinner goin’.  I have a crazy busy work week this week, so I’m sure that it will go fast.  I hope you all have a great week!