Berit has taken to writing on herself in ballpoint pen - mostly decorative wrist and ankleband tatoos. This morning, she had a note on her forearm though:

"Recess idea on leg."

So then you read her leg and it says, "Do Penny Drops."

(Penny Drop is a gymnastic move she recently learned in which she swings by her leg on the bar and then flips forwards off of the bar to her feet on the ground.)

When Pam comes in to kiss Griffin goodnight, he tells her, "I love you more than pirates love their treasure." And then a little later, while I'm lying in bed reading next to him, he turns to me, smiles, and says, "I'm glad Mommy stopped by."

Griffin: "On Ground Talk Day, the squirrel comes out of his hole and sees his shadow. Then he goes back down."

Griffin and I are upstairs playing with the trains, and he turns to me, smiles, and says, "I like having a daddy."

Rowan lost her first tooth yesterday. The tooth fairy gave her $5 and fairy dust. She seemed as excited about the fairy dust as the money.

Today Berit and I went skiing at Eldora. Now she takes the small jumps, and she did great up on that steep blue also - Powderhorn - my little shredder.

Griffin and I built a snowman in front of the YMCA today. After putting in rocks for the eyes and nose, Griffin pulled a lollipop from his pocket and stuck it in the center of the snowman's base.

"This can be his penis!"

Berit and I had our first ski day today. She skiied great, picking up where she left off last year after a few runs. We even went over to Eldora's quad up to a steep blue run which Berit was happy to do a couple times. She did great at it, too - making turns all the way down.

Capped it off with a nice cup of hot cocoa with Claire and Meera. Lots of fun. Tired girl.

I took Griffin down to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science this eve. He got to do the archeological dig for dinosaur bones and make dino footprints. We also spent a bit of time in the Grossology exhibit too. Plus, he identified elephant scat as ... elephant scat. Poop.

We swung by Patty and Drew's for a bit afterwards, and he really got down on the drums. Patty and Drew concurred that he was a natural.

Rowan ran straight across the neighbor's yard face first into some tree wires. She looks like she got beat up my poor baby.

And I pulled another tooth out of Berit's head tonight. :)

Berit had her first basketball game ever today. Never the most aggressive player, Berit made me really proud being out there and running back and forth really trying to cover her girl and even taking a shot once when she had the opportunity. Excellent first showing!