March 11^th 2012 – I have been busy and unable to write as often.  Cathy and Ryan got in on the 5^th and along with them came a lot of bookwork for me to complete.  I run the books for our company but while I was in Park City and Cathy was home back in Austin, she kept all the books with her.  I was on a little vacation from SolPowerPeople for a few weeks.  But alas, all vacations come to an end.

I have been cooking and crunching numbers.  The weather has been so windy and snowy.  I usually get the kids out a few times a day if for nothing else a walk around the RV park but it’s just impossible with 20 mph cold wind blowing them over.  So I decided it was time to pull out Richards Just Dance 3 Wii game.  Piper is becoming a regular dancing diva the last few days.  Levi lasts a few songs before his dinosaur toys become his main focus again.  I’m happy to have the music in the background instead of Nick Jr.

Today is my son Levi’s 2^nd birthday.  He woke in a happy mood as if he knew today was special for us.  I am just so in love with his little face!  Then I decided we should start celebrations off early and make orange, cinnamon and pecan waffles!  I was so excited about our feast.  Of course the kids were standing on the couch so they could see the kitchen counter and “help”.  Piper had burned herself on the waffle iron last year and was warning Levi of the “Ouchy, hot”.  Levi was saying hot, hot, yes hot.  I love watching one child teach the other child life lessons.  I think they hear it more when it comes from their peer.  About 15minutes later, Piper went off to watch cartoons.  I turned away for a moment AND of course, Levi cried out from his new burn on his little hand.  Oh poor thing!  It made for a less than happy morning but no mention of it after nap.  I wanted to serve him his favorite food for his birthday but of course that was chicken nuggets and I wasn’t going to serve nuggets to everyone.  I could make this great homemade recipe for nuggets but I know that is not the nuggets he was referring to when I asked his opinion.  Instead we ordered pizza.  Then when it was time to sing Happy Birthday around the ice cream cake, I was lucky enough to have my sister Rachelle, John and my niece Taylor on Skype.  I set the laptop on the kitchen counter and it was like we were together celebrating his birthday.  They also stayed on and watched Levi open his new wooden clock we gave him.  I love technology!