finally a gift

My first piece of jewelry made by Felix, I swooon. Is this because I took him on a date this weekend ( camera batteries were dead! of course. ) I arrived at school early today, another errand would have surly cost me in between $10 - $25 depending on where I stopped. Felix took my hand immediately & lead me into the classroom and gave me this bracelet, isn't it perfect!
I'm starting a new job tomorrow ( a little PT thing making muffins ) and I am having a little separation anxiety from the boys, so this token is just the rite thing. At dinner we were talking about it again & felix said " mama, you and I are artists and papa makes the music. "
proud proud mama.

ice walk

I finally got up the courage to take the boys out on the frozen lake. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner, it was magical. It was fascinating seeing the ice fishing shanty towns, 4 wheelers and a kite-skater in the distance. Felix was in heaven, enough space to swing a stick and poke everything without me nagging him. We looked for polar bear tracks and shouted our names, just to have them come back to us in an echo. It was a great adventure.