HAPPY NEW YEAR!! As much as I love the holidays, I'm always glad when they are done! January means a nice quiet month at our house. We ease back into school and work and are always motivated to work on those "resolutions". We have been focusing on health in our house for a while and the new year brings more of the same for us. We are trying to eat healthier and be more active as a family. Our goals for 2009 are to trade TV and computer time for excercise and activity and work on making good choices for snacks and treats. My new favorite health item is flax seed. It is an Omega 3 (good for heart health, lowering cholesterol, fighting some cancers and depression) and just a teaspoon a day can make a difference! I'm all about good things that are easy!! I've started making cookies with flax seed thrown in...it doesn't change the taste and my family thinks they are getting a treat!!
The weather here has been crazy during the last month...snow, rain, flooding, day after day of thick fog and cold! The girls have loved the snow. On this day, we tried to make a snowman but the white stuff wouldn't stick together. So we improvised (actually we copied the idea of a friend) and made our snowman on the ground. It was still just as much fun!! Maggie just loves being outside!!
When the wet and cold came, we went back to finding fun inside to keep us busy. Molly broke out the dress up clothes here and fancied herself an interesting outfit!! Molly is such a busy body and, just like her sister, I think she could play with anything you put in front of her. She's quite the dancer and singer as well...another thing she learned from her big sis. She is singing everything she hears - from her ABCs and the Wiggles to Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers (thanks to Maggie).We finished off the month with Playhouse Disney LIVE in Seattle. Mimi and Bawmpy got us tickets for Christmas and the girls loved it! Molly sang and danced throughout the event. It was light enough that even us big kids had fun (Gary really did enjoy even though his face doesn't show it here!). Molly spent the next two days telling everyone she met about Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse, Pooh and Handy Manny. And we've been doing the Hot Dog dance ever since!!
