Happy New Year!

May it be a blessed one!

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In the past year:

Patrick has turned 3.
He speaks in complete sentences, expresses understanding of past and future events, understandably expresses and initiates make-believe play and is getting so much more coherent.
He has expressed enthusiastic joy and "I did it!" zeal over having "put the ewww in the potty". (Here's hoping for more success with the potty!)

Calla has turned 2.
She is creative, opinionated and stubborn -- err, assertive and persistent.

Both are sympathetic toward each other (and other people), and will readily share or give things to the other. Most of the time. ;)

I turned 35. I don't really feel any different about that. However, something "clicked" this year - suddenly, I get the domestic thing. The house is tidy and clean, laundry has stayed caught up for several weeks now, and I'm finding joy in cooking *real* not-a-meal-from-a-box meals. I feel so much more at peace in the house, and content - more so than in quite some time.

The hubby seems to be more content as well. It could help having cars to work on, LOL - doesn't matter if they're his father's, just so he has cars to tinker with. It's in the genes, I hear, and Patrick has definitely picked up the automotive DNA.

So, I'll finish my glass of wine (Sweet Rodeo Red - Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards), crackers, cheese and little chocolate balls and toast a new year in. As soon as I get the girl more juice. :D

Happy New Year!