{Virtual Coffee}

Good Morning.
I am up early and ready for the day, I mean not humming and smiling and walking
with a bounce in my step, but up. I am up.
I am attempting to get up earlier to walk before the kids are up.
Now, that is not easy when it is freezing and snowy but today it is not either of those.
The high today is supposed to be 60*. In January.
There is a chance of rain but 60* in January and I will take it.

So, if we were really meeting for coffee this morning I would have to ask if you realized
it was the last day of January. What?
The first month of the new year, gone.
What do you think about that?
I normally think January is such a long, dragging kind of month but because we have had
such unusually mild weather it has not seemed so awful this year.
I know the bad weather is still to come but January was kinda easy.

So yesterday two packages arrived.
Do you LOVE getting packages as much as I do?
I mean, I ordered these for myself and still it is exciting to me. ha.
So anyway, one of the things I got was my first Smash journal.
I am in love.
I am a journaler, a picture-taker and a doodler so this is perfect for me.


If you were at my house for coffee this morning, I would have to remind you to watch out
for the Calico Critters. They are everywhere. Everywhere.
In cars, in the General Store,  playing hide-and-go seek and having a Square Dance.
These things have been the best investment ever, she plays with them every single day.
And the elephant family? My fave.

If we were really meeting for coffee this morning I would ask about your weekend.
How was it?
Saturday was a big day for us, it was the Pinewood Derby... all of you Boy Scout moms
know what I am talking about, right?
So this is Wyatt's first year in Boy Scouts so it was his first derby and wow,
it is really a big deal...I had no idea.
He was happy with how his car turned out and him and Eric had fun making it.
It was really cute to see him so excited for it and both sets of grandparents came as well as his
cousins, so he had his own little cheering section.

Since it has been so nice the last couple of days we walked two days in a row now...
without completely bundling up.
Yesterday we even busted out the scooters and played at the playground.
It is dreamy. And I love it when you get a completely random nice day and everyone is outside.
people walking, running, on bikes and motorcycles, at the playground, working outside...oh,
and don't forget about the people who busted out their convertibles.
And no, it was not that nice.

Check out girlfriend's outfit.
Pretty colorful, huh? Lots of pattern going on.
Her new thing is to wear long socks over her leggings and pull them all the way
up like that. Somehow I think it still looks pretty cute on her though. But I could be biased.
Just maybe.

Thanks so much for stopping by here today, I do love company on a Tuesday ya know.
Link up your post to join in.
Have a great day!