What do butterflies do for the winter?

Dave and Ada have been attending story time at the Outdoor Campus (once a month) where they listen to stories and get to make a "project" after the stories. Ada was telling Benjamin and me what she learned. She learned about butterflies, foxes, birds, etc. She was so proud of her bird feeders that she made with daddy. When Dave asked her what butterflies do for the winter she said "they go on vacation to somewhere warm." Benjamin stopped what he was doing and said "there is no where warm around here." Dave and I couldn't help but laugh!

I don't like snow...

Yesterday the weather forecast called for chance of snow. It was snowing in Parker when I left work but it had not started to snow in Hartford when I arrived home. I picked the kids up from Dani's, made supper and about a half hour later it started to snow. I told the kids it was snowing so we all ran to look at the snow through the window. Benjamin was so excited to see the snow as he enjoys playing outside in it. Ada, on the other hand, was wide eyed for a few minutes and then turned and looked at me with the most serious face. With her hands on her hips she said, "Humph....I do not like snow!" Ada does not like being cold so we call her our little Susan (my mother-in-law who also does not like being cold). She was so serious and I had to try so hard to not bust out laughing! When she went to Dani's today she did not want to walk in the snow. The only way she would walk in the snow is if Dave promised to hold her hand. She did the same thing with me when I picked the kids up today. It is going to be a long winter if she is going to refuse to walk in the snow.

Shopping with Benjamin...

Benjamin and I went shopping on Monday night. We needed some one-on-one time and I needed a break from Ada as she is in her terrible two's full force. Dave and Ada had a good night and she went to bed for him with no problem at all. Benjamin and I had a great time. While we were shopping he told that he was having the best time ever. He likes to shop and has a long list of stuff that we should get our baby. We picked up some Christmas presents, my testing strips, and some groceries plus a few other stops. It was a long evening but he was a trooper and never once complained or asked to go home.

When I picked the kids up from Dani's house today she told me she was curious about something Benjamin told her and wanted to ask me about it. Benjamin told Dani that he got a little red puppy from mamma's underwear store. After I got over the shock of what he told her, I then explained that we went to Victoria's Secret to use up a gift card where I was going to get some underwear. They had a promo that if you purchased anything by PINK you could pick out a toy puppy for free. Benjamin picked out his favorite color--red and was so excited about his new puppy. I didn't realize he would say all the details about his new toy puppy like how he got it from an underwear store! I can't get mad at him as he said the truth about where he got his puppy but I can be embarrassed!