Post Christmas “Slowdown”?

Well, after the excitement of Christmas and AJT04’s birthday, one would think that everything would slow down – almost, but not quite.

Since Daddy has shutdown the week after Christmas, the girls became a bit spoiled having Daddy home everyday and as a result, we were kept rather busy. The busiest time was going back to the Children’s Museum and playing in the few inches of snow that we received. The girls loved going back to the Jolly Days area and sliding down the huge slide, “fishing”, “skating”, taking care of the reindeer, and “baking” with such Christmas or winter time favorites as sushi, empanadas, and burritos. We also ventured into the Barbie exhibit and the girls were exposed to the world of Barbie for the first time. Both girls had to try their hands at fashion design…we are still working on that area.





One milestone that we would have rather avoided occurred in January – AJT07 had her first ear infection after some sort of eye infection (which cleared up on its own). So, now every cold will need to be monitored to determine if both girls will be like Daddy and susceptible to ear infections. Unfortunately, the month of January proved to be the month of sickness for all of us – I think though Mommy and Daddy ended up with the worst sinus issues, sore throats, etc., either that or kids are that much more resilient than we “old folks” are.

The girls have enjoyed helping in the kitchen, as evidenced by their creations. The girls helped mix the brownie/cakes, bake them, decorate them, and of course, eat them. AJT07 wants to be in the kitchen so much so that if she hears Mommy doing anything related to cooking or baking, she insists that she needs a chair and that she needs to help me. As you can imagine, sometimes AJT07’s help is not exactly what is needed, but she tries.


Both girls have also shown interest in music – whether it be listening to it as they go to sleep, dancing, or playing instruments (or pretending to play instruments). I guess that is no surprise when you consider the number of years that Daddy spent playing the baritone and the number of years that Mommy spent taking piano lessons.


Well, that is all for now, as you can see we have not experienced much of a slowdown with the girls; somehow, I don’t think that there will be much slowing down for many years to come, but that’s fine with us.