Valentine's Day

Today we went to Orin's Valentine's Day party at school.

This picture is of the whole school + parents - Orin's bf Alex.

Baby Dorian

Spending a little time with Baby Dorian...

Pink Cookies

Today there was a brown box waiting outside
for us when we got home.
I didn't even need to open it to know that
it was off limits until after strong food.
But, after dinner, we broke into the box and were thankful
for Baba's wonderful Valentines Day cookie-baking tradition.

Diapers

Orin has been using the toilet consistently
during the day for some time now,

but I still have to run the diapers he needs at night.
I am hoping this summer we will be able to get past the last hurdle
so that I can finally give his diapers away and
never run a hot wash load again.
I may miss the creepy steam coming from the laundry machine,
but that will certainly be the only thing I'll miss!

Otters

The otters were putting on quite a display today.

Peanut Butter Dog

This photo is of some peanut butter globs applied by Orin
to the back of one of his favorite dogs.
"Why?" you ask.
I couldn't even begin to explain the reasoning...
Random impulses felt by two-year-olds can surely
only be understood by other two-year-olds.

Play time!

After school today, Orin and I stayed late to take the dogs

down to the neighborhood park with Jessika.
I can't tell you how much I love this picture.