Dancing 'round the room

You're informally invited to a dancing party in our living room. Take your place on either the couch or the table and shake your booty.

Eli's basketball team won their first game! It was such a blast to watch because they're really learning how to work together as a team. And Eli's individual skills have improved as well. (How do you like my mad photoshopping skilz?)

Lucy loves it

Let's give a video a try. Here's Lucy with her favorite gift on Christmas morning. Ignore the very merry mess that is Christmas. I swear those garbage bags are filled with wrapping paper and not actual, you know, garbage.

That's Charlotte's doll house in the background on the table. Mike slaved for weeks over that only to have Charlotte's reaction, upon unwrapping it, be, "What...? It's a dollhouse.....So?" Of course now she loves it.

In other news, Lucy used the potty two days ago. She was running around bare, as always, and was quietly playing in the other room. Lo and behold, she had come upon her little potty and decided to use it. She's only 17 months so that was pretty exciting.

Eli's had two basketball games so far. They were trounced both times. He's taking it in stride. As much as the kid hates to lose a board game, he could care less about the scores at his athletic events.

This evening Charlotte said to me, "Mama, sometimes when I sing I cry because it's so beautiful." As silly as it sounds, it makes me sad to think that someday she'll hear that maybe she's not as good as she thinks and that might break her heart. And mine.