Went to a few of our favorite places in Boston today...

They had to check my backpack as we exited the aquarium...just to make sure this guy wasn't in there. I swear--one of these days I'm gonna figure out how to get one home.



That Codzilla thing almost ate Colin,



and then YIKES!



Phew...glad we made it home safely.

Love school vacation week--makes me anxious for summer to get here! It's just so much fun to hang with those kids...

Dear Winter Olympics,

How DO your NBC correspondents manage to find the most heart-wrenching stories of athletes who've overcome & endured to excel in their sports? Nooo...it's not just a Double McTwist 1260...nooooo. It's a Double McTwist 1260 done by someone who was BORN WITH A HEART CONDITION. Riiiight, of course.

I am writing to see if you could please give me my life back. My way-too-late nights are spent rewinding & re-watching the best crashes, wins, and ceremonies...all while drowning in a sea of snotty tissues. Our mornings? The kids watch the highlight reel while eating their cereal...and they're NOT ALLOWED TO EAT IN THE LIVING ROOM!!!

I need sleep. We need to be on time to catch the school bus. We need our couch cleaned.

Hey, guys...maybe just a week instead of two next time?

Sincerely,
The Farris Family
P.S.-- You have to be CRAZY to do that skeleton thing. And ice dancing is boring.

Every night while I stand in front of the stove making dinner, Pooch stands about a quarter of an inch away from my left foot--in hopes that something may hit the floor. Sydney just passed me this note...

A SENTENCE!! SYDNEY WROTE A SENTENCE! With punctuation and everything!

This is such good news---because it proves that there really IS something other than a family of squirrels dancing to a continuous loop of the High School Musical soundtracks up there in her brain!!

WOOHOO!!!

Nothing says "I love you" like a Snuggie and some public humiliation via the internets...

And is it humiliating to be photographed wearing a Snuggie, or is the mere fact that you now OWN a Snuggie the real humiliation???

Hmmm....you're welcome, honey! Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday to MEEEE!!!

My favorite gift of the day was from my kids. It was a book, and on the cover was written,

The Things We Love About Mommy
Written and Illustrated by Colin & Sydney Farris

The majority of the book was incredibly kind ("Mommy ROCKS"), but before you get all "awwwwww, how sweet"...let me share my two favorite lines:

1. We love our Mommy because of how nice she is to us most of the time.
2. We love Mom since she is the 1st nicest person after Dad.

What? Huh?

We'll see if they save themselves when they write Daddy HIS birthday book in April!

Didn't EVERYONE tell me that it's impossible to kill a beta fish?

Well, we did it in a little over a month. And he didn't just die. He got like all mushy & stinky...like overnight. Ewwww.....

Colin's turn! Honestly, I was a little apprehensive on the whole skating thing for him, but it turns out he LOVED it! He only fell once (a nice hard one right on the behind, too!), and by the time we left he was really getting the idea.


Here's a little clip. I took this video on his FIRST time around the rink. That makes the video noteworthy not only for how well he's staying on his feet on his VERY first try, but also because he's already asking how long we plan to do this skating thing. HA! After a couple more times around, he did stop watching the clock!

Colin skating! from Jennifer Farris on Vimeo.