a new weigh to have fun!

until he becomes obsessed with flushing the toilet (and probably throwing things in there before doing so), unrolling the entire roll of toilet paper or digging through the bathroom wastebasket, cole has discovered the joys of the scale. hey- i'd have fun stepping on it too, if i weighed a LOT less! anyway, this little gadget now serves as entertainment while i take a shower- much less work than giving him a basket with clothes so he can "do laundry"... i don't have to bend over numerous times to pick up stuff off the floor. i kid you not, stepping on and off the scale had him preoccupied for almost an hour (which is why i snuck in the shower then instead of waiting).this child is fascinated with the strangest things...
but at least he's happy and quiet! playing with the scale is pretty harmless, so it's mommy-approved!

yup- barely 25 pounds; this includes shoes, jeans, a bulky sweatshirt and mommy leaning against the scale (ooops). last time i weighed him was last week, just before his bath one night. no clothes, full tummy, about 23 pounds. it's going to be SO strange when the baby is born- we'll go to pick her up the first few weeks and have to peel her off the ceiling because we're so used to picking up cole... we'll go to heave her up like her big brother and whooops! there she'll go...! we're going to have to work on that one in advance- kind of like reverse weight lifting.

anybody else out there tired of this beastly cold??? i am... it's wreaking havoc on the budget because we're CONSTANTLY getting more fuel. kelvin fills it up himself since it's a bit cheaper that way. still, once it gets cold enough, there's no such thing as cheap heat. brrr. unless you go with geothermal, which is pretty expensive to install but pays for itself pretty quickly. someday, when we're rich and carefree, we'll build a house and do geothermal heating and cooling. the first part of that last statement makes me laugh... at least i can dream about being warm!! :)