Second Accident of the Day.

On the way back from Marc's boss's Christmas Party, I hit a white rabbit crossing Hwy 51. This is the first live thing I have hit with a car.

Car Stop.

Yesterday the car stopped. The wheels (or transmission?) seized. We were turning onto Stevens St. coming back from dropping off Jared after Marc's hockey game in Eagle River. Previous to the stoppage, we had heard a big clunk approaching the stop lights by the hospital, as if we had run over a large dead body.

We were on our way to Northwoods Auto anyway, because the car was smelling really funny. I jumped out of the car and started running towards the shop, but a man with a dog pulled over and drove me there. Luckily, there was a tow truck there dropping off another car. I'm sure he had somewhere else to be, but he was nice enough to get our car, which was just down the street. He had to drag the car up without the wheels turning--by this time, there was a traffic jam and the police had arrive to direct traffic around us. It was much harder to get the car off the tow truck--they had to raise and lower the bed until it shimmied off the back.

As always happens when a car dies for good, we had just filled up the gas tank and gotten $850 worth of brake repair done.

More Library

The library is great for us because it is walking distance from our house and the employees are paid to be friendly.

First Outdoor Hockey of the Year

The night was warm, and Henry had a better time than this picture makes it look. He can stand on his skates alone....

Last day of Baby Story Time

Today was Henry's last day of baby story time. We are lucky enough to have 3 different age groups for story time in Rhinelander. 2-31/2 year olds get their own time, which includes a craft project. I really like baby story time because it's a small, intimate group where the parents get to sit and talk while the kids play for about 20 min., and stories, finger plays and lap games last about 15 min. I'd like to stay in the cozy confinds of baby story time, but I know I need to face the reality that Henry is a toddler and should learn to use sissors. Mrs. C. will still be the leader, and Henry likes her a lot.

The Word-splosion Continues

Henry now says daily:

Yeah (in a very non-committal voice)
Yes! Yes! (in a very Grandpa Mike type voice)
Bye
Bias (Thomas the Train)
Ho Ho Ho
please

New Words for Henry

As Henry approaches his second birthday, he is nearly at the point where he could mimic the words we ask him to say. If he chose to. His new words are:

House
Sit!
Hideing
Otter (from baby einstein movie)
duck
Jo(e) (as in Grandma Jo and Uncle Joe)
two (with fingers!)
the letter "O"--he can find it too!