scholarly tot....

oh.em.gee.

it's fricken cold.

like, the kind of cold where the wind chill is so fierce that you kind of want to stop moving and just cry.

but if someone really did that, their tears might freeze, just saying.

no, but really. the sun has been shining, but it is icy cold out there.

the kind that gives you headaches.

needless to say, we have been taking the bus to kindergarten, not walking.

unfortunately.

we came home, into the warmth and got right to painting. his idea.

perfect idea.

his concentration is so great, i love seeing this look on his face.

+++

here he is working on his gun painting.

all boy, all boy.

does anyone else drool over brand new art supplies?

or is that just me?

handsome little man.

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while i cleaned up the art mess, this little one went to play in his room.

when it was way to quiet, i went to see what was up...

me: "was machst du?"

what are you doing?

him: "ich mache hausaufgaben in meinem büro."

i'm doing homework in my office.

me: "super! kann ich kommen?"

nice! can i come?

him: "Ja, bitte. aber das ist MEIN büro!"

yes, please. but this is MY office!

 first it was just the learn to read book...

but then there were more.

please take note to the laptops.

not one, but two.

plus his cassette player, and cassette collection.

 there was a mini break for animal fights.

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i was left to do things like this:

[the second one is for kendall...i'm not a weirdo, but together, we are weird]

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day ten:

songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

this is hard because i like a ton of music.

emphasis on the ton.

but some of my go to playlists for happy music include:

matt & kim

edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros

the temper trap

the darkness

the beatles

metric

she & him

MGMT

i don't listen to music when i'm sad.

it usually makes it worse.

but listening to ingrid michaelson's cd-be okay will make you sad.

i think it was written after a break up.

same with mumford & sons

as well as florence and the machine.

i love all of it, but it will bring up some memories of break ups.

bored music.

a.k.a

mellow mix

that would include:

grizzly bear

fleet foxes

band of horses

sufjan stevens

death cab for cutie

aqualung

johns mayer

the shins

the xx

music for when i'm hyped.

hmmm maybe a little bit of:

neon trees

the killers

gossip

30 seconds to mars

red hot chili peppers

my chemical romance (new cd is bomb.com!)

and of course the ever so hip katy perry, cee lo green, and bruno mars :)

and when i'm angry, i listen to classical music, spanish guitar, or movie scores.

it seriously helps.

if you're angry, do it.

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peace out, loves.

as i write this i'm nursing a sore throat and fever that showed up out of nowhere like they own the joint, so i'll be asleep in three...two...one.

guten nacht.