A Good Day

Today was a really good day. Nothing particularly special happened, but I was able to follow my cleaning schedule, do lots of laundry, take Joseph to the library for an hour and a half, and read Act 3 of Othello. Joseph was even dry all day; he has been having about one wet a day the past week or so. It doesn't happen often that my day goes so smoothly, so I think it is worth noting. Well, I am off to read Act 4.

Lightness

I added a lighter book to what I am reading right now- Riquet Pique et le Coin Ideal. It is a children's book about a Porcupine who is trying to find the perfect place to live. I got it from my french teacher at Humboldt. I started it then when in classes, but couldn't find the time to finish it, even though it was a lot of fun.
Othello is not quite as exciting to read for me as I had hoped-which means not as interesting as Hamlet. Hamlet is my favorite Shakespearean tragedy, so I guess it isn't really fare to compare. However, I had read that Shakespeare wrote Othello in the same time period, and actually just after Hamlet, so I guess I had my hopes up for something nearly as good. Iago, the main character in Othello, is just so completely evil, and that is pretty much all there is to his character. It makes for a story of one evil person plotting against the innocent, and so far there isn't much more to it for me. In Hamlet, the murderer of his father is his uncle, who happens to be in love with Hamlet's mother (and she with him.) So, in that play the hate is tied up with love, and that makes things infinitely more interesting. I will finish Othello, but I defiantly needed something light when the evil gets to be too much.

Saturday Morning

This was how our house looked this Saturday morning. I bought this toy vacuum for Joseph when I got the cleaning supplies for him last week, but he didn't take to the vacuum at first. He discovered that he liked it after all last night and played with it for an hour or so. He would take it and say 'cleaning', and then 'all done,' wanting to put it back in the laundry room. Then it would start all over with him saying 'again.' Here is a video of him using it this morning; he has been playing with it all this morning and afternoon.

Ladybugs!

I am looking forward to spring, so I made these spring inspired cupcakes.

Cleaning with Joseph

I bought some toy cleaning supplies for Joseph, and he is quite enthusiastic about cleaning. Today I put him in the playpen so I could sweep and after playing for a while he started complaining that he wanted to sweep too. He is starting to move into the 'do it myself' stage, so when he has trouble getting the gloves on he starts to cry and then call me for help. As soon as I come to help though, he insists 'Jojo do it!' This has been going on about three days, so I think toddler independence is on the horizon.

Little People House

I am so excited; I bid on this little people house on e-bay and I won the auction. If you click on the picture you can see lots of great details. I think Joseph will have a lot of fun with it, and even if he doesn't, I sure will!

Fun Projects

I have been working on a few things over the past few weeks and ended up finishing them all around last weekend. Here they are. I made a Clifford blanket for Joseph as a valentine.
















I finally finished this scarf. I had started it last fall, and then ran out of wool and had to wait to have my mom send more from Holland. The scarf is very long and I love it.










I made this replica of Pickles the Fire Cat for Joseph. He loves the story, and since we went to the fire station on Friday, I decided to make it then.