This picture is from yesterday, but my how I am loving this face right now!
And thank you all for your kind comments! They make us smile! 
I saw this plaque on a gravestone:
I can't tell you how glad I was NOT to have four wheels yesterday. We all bundled up because when you first step outside it always feels so *cold*. Then, by our first stop at the end of the street, the munchkins had shed their hats and coats and gloves. We detoured through the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery and spent a good 45 minutes riding on the walkways and playing hide and seek. It seems when you have a car at your disposal the places you need to go are just errands to run, and when you don't, they turn into an adventure.
when you are in a hair chopping mood, you don't have to sacrifice your own locks, just take a scissors to your boys hair instead! Granted, they needed it. Gabriel's was accomplished by sitting him in front of a bag of marshmallows AND jellybellys. So, it couldn't have been all bad.
In other news...
I finally heard from the claims adjuster today that he Thinks our car will be ready by FEB. 4!!!!!! Another whole week of house boundedness! Really, it is a good lesson in patience, and we've been getting some nice walks/bike rides in besides. Today to Ella's choir practice, yesterday to a friend's house and last Sunday to church (in the rain at 9AM). Ella nearly cried her eyes out at the prospect of missing Sunday school. Tomorrow we're planning to ride to the library, but I will definitely have to limit the number of books we check out! Here's to our *staycation*!
