As snow melts

• Lily learned to move from sitting position to crawling position (she’s just over 11 months and hasn’t cracked a tooth or learned how to move much, so it’s like having a few bonus months of babyhood but we’re starting to really want to see her learn to crawl . . .)
• Elsie found, much to the surprise of her parents, that she loves Saint Andre’s cheese,
• Timmy asked me “How important are kids?”  “More important than anything we have.”  “Not more important than Heavenly Father!”  “No, definitely not.  I meant more important than anything we have in the house.”  “More important than this computer?”  “Definitely.”  Running off: “Girls!  We’re more important than anything in this house!”
• Abby got sick of waiting for me to put together lunch so she quietly cut a hunk of bread, got lunch meat and mayo, and made a sandwich,
• Kate ate 2 egg yolks for dinner along with gingerbread pancakes and turkey bacon,
• Gina completed our federal income tax (rebate city!), and
• I jumped on the tramp with the kids for the first time since winter hit hard.