Bobolate! Anthropolgie! Noiseless!

Here is a picture of my niece Alex crawling through this big tube we gave her for Christmas. She loves it. Melissa and I thought about trying it out but we could just picture ourselves becoming stuck.

Alex loves hot chocolate. She enjoys drinking it with a big soup spoon or the good ol' fashioned way. Either way....she makes one heck of a mess. After wards she burped and said, "I urp bobolate." So cute!

We finally left the house today! We had enjoyed a nice walk yesterday when it was freakishly warm here. Of course today the rain is back and it is cold again. Did I ever mention how much I think Indiana weather sucks. I know. We could have had the ice storms. I am thankful that missed us.

Anway, we went to my favorite store. I have only ever shopped at Anthropolgie online so when Melissa told me they had a store nearby in Ohio I was thrilled. With Alex and Maizie in tow however our shopping time was very limited. Maizie did a great job trying to keep Alex entertained but after about fifteen minutes Alex was causing a scene. That is what two year olds live for. Maizie said, "Melissa....everyone kept looking at us in that store! They were looking at us because of Alex." Very perceptive!
Tonight Melissa and I left the girls with Tim and headed to Target. I must say the Target here was not that great. Very small with very few clearance areas. Oh, well. I still managed to spend too much money. It was lots of fun wandering the aisles with my sister. She is trying to talk us into moving to Guilford. I just don't think I could do it. Where we live now we are close to everything. Right in the middle of the city. It is beautiful here. Very quiet. I have not heard any sirens or hooting and hollering since we have been here.

Have you ever been somewhere so quiet and you are not used to it. It kinda makes your ears feel funny. When I try and fall asleep I am like, "Where are the cars zooming by? No excitement! No freaky people walking around at all hours of the day and night." I just can't sleep as well. I guess it is all what you are used to! I suppose I would become accustomed to this quiet country life. I am sure my dogs would love it!

Yesterday when we were out walking the neighborhood Maizie was able to walk about two blocks without breaking down. She was totally at ease. Makes me wonder how much of her walking problems are sensory overload difficulties. Living in the quiet country would possibly be a benefit to her.