The Adams Family: Valentine's Cookies and Rain

February 11-17, 2013

This week was rainy. I wrote that in my planner three days in a row. Maybe that's why we were doing dishes for fun. Caleb slipped at the park. It must have been a very exciting week when "rainy - slipped at park" are the notes I have, other than my to-do lists! Just kidding, we did more than just that.

Looking for an airplane, butt out to keep balance.

We went to a park playgroup with friends on Friday and had some friends come help weed our yard on Saturday. I also cut back the rose bushes and the tree shoots that are worse than our weeds. Saturday morning the Parkers watched Caleb so Allen and I could go to the temple. We have been doing a lot of family history work so we wanted to hurry and do the baptisms and confirmations for about 25 of Allen's ancestors before I have the baby.

Saturday and Sunday were also Stake Conference so I went to the Saturday night session by myself and got to just enjoy it. Sunday morning session was good but right during naptime and Caleb was tired!

Caleb says Mmmm! when he takes bites of cereal.

Caleb loves to help me do dishes!

This week I was determined to do something about Caleb's napping problem: make blackout curtains. Armed with a few online tutorials, some cheap Walmart sheets and black-out backing, I created my own curtains. I'm pleased to announce that although they are not beautiful, they work perfectly! Caleb fell asleep for naps easier and napped longer - hallelujah!

We kept our Valentine's tradition and did jumbo crab legs, asparagus and red potatoes for dinner at home. Delicious! And in keeping with the Perkins' family tradition, we decorated sugar cookies.

He helped make sugar cookies by pushing the flour and sugar around the kitchen.

I don't think we decorated cookies until after Caleb was in bed. But he liked helping eat the cookie dough and lick the frosting beaters again. I am pretty sure I ate his whole cookie since he didn't like it.