Back in the groove

Well it's back to life in the tundra. We were welcomed home by a nice coating of snow, but our neighbors having dug us out certainly made it easier to take.

Here's Phil's report for his first morning getting the kids back at school:

Pip started making noise around 6:45. He was calling out for mommy, daddy, anyone who would listen. I croaked that it wasn't time to get up yet, so he chattered away in bed until 7. He was in a cheerful mood and immediately ran off to have dinner...uh..breakfast. He wasn't too interested in my offerings, and finally agreed to strawberry yogurt. He
then rejected that and asked for the other one (blueberry). Overall, he didn't eat that much. He was more interested in Thomas videos and his trains. Viv was squeaking by now, so we got her squared away. She had a pretty good breakfast and then got busy crawling around after Pip. Later in the morning, Pip disappeared for a while. I eventually found him in the downstairs bathroom attempting to open the package of cookies from JetBlue. He had been working on it for some time since the package was all crumpled up. He promised to be a gentleman for the rest of the morning, so I opened it up and give him one. We got loaded up without further incident and headed to school. On the way, Pip was excited to tell his friends all about his trip. At school, everyone was happy to see the kids and asked
about the trip. Pip told James about the big sandcastle that kept the water out and Isabelle about the airplane ride. Amy was already there (I don't usually see her in the morning), so Viv was excited out of her pants to say hello.

At pickup I learned that both Pip and Viv had great days and were very happy to be with their friends again. Cynthia was duly impressed by Pip's easy reintegration into the classroom, as I guess it is typical for kids to struggle a bit after vacation.

In other news, Vivian is 100% out of her swaddle even at naps (she was clinging onto it at school for some time) and eating only finger foods. She hates being fed now, preferring to do it herself. I am trying to remember what foods I can give her but so far she loves bananas, macaroni and cheese, peas, and baby goldfish. She's luke warm on hot dogs. Not so hot at all about avocados.