Sitting fireside in thermal p.j.’s with my tea-partying tike is the perfect way to spend this frigid day. It’s the bite in the air that led to the broken water main which caused the closure of daycare which led to this Tuesday at home with Em. I can’t help but to feel like the best gift ever has been given to me today! While it’s wonderful to be with family every day, I have been missing these special one-on-one moments with E that I had once had in abundance…

… Several hours later Emerson is asleep and I’m imagining the amount of destruction a toddler would be capable of without nap-time.  Our one-on-one time was full of action — stickers, jewelry party, lunch with Gaga at work, Wal-Mart, story-time, a bed full of milk, laundry, and finally one napping toddler. Funny how the sight of this sleeping girl instantly erases my memory of any previous mischief.