Jan 31st!

Wow! I cannot believe it is the end of the month already. My semester at school is already super busy and I am wondering if I will be able to keep up with my 4 classes. My brain is already tired but I am going to keep going taking it one day at a time. This semester will be one of my busiest if not THE busiest in my undergraduate studies so I just have to hang in there! Now it's time for Chemistry.

Jan 30th

Monday....which also happens to be one of my long days at school. Nothing a little 80's music can't cure!

Jan 29th

Carson learned how to wrap presents today. With so many birthday parties to attend it was past time he learned!

Jan 28th

Carson's last day of ice skating lessons!

Jan 27th

This is Carson's 1st week of gymnastics on Fridays! The only hard thing is Carson gets right off the bus and right into the car. So he has to change clothes, eat his snack, and hydrate all at gymnastics right before his lessons.

Jan 26th

Carson and Eileen at swim lessons!

Jan 25th

Breakfast of champions! I couldn't resist a Starbucks trip this morning. I got to school at 830 this morning and I will be here until 930 tonight. I have to endure somehow!

Jan 24th

It is 57 degrees outside and I am stuck inside with school work!

Jan 23rd

By time I made it home tonight it was already late. I had 2 classes today and an afternoon lab that was too complicated to be a first Biology lab. I was so tired by the time I got home that we were scavengers for dinner. We ate simply and whatever could be found. I have vowed for next week that we will be more prepared for my long days. I do have an excuse this week as Aaron has been very sick for almost a week and I have had to keep up with Carson, the house, Aaron, and my school work all on my own. Needless to say it is Monday and 930 pm and I can barely keep my eyes open. It is time for bed so I can wake up at 6 am feeling hopefully more rested for my day at school tomorrow.

Jan 22nd

Carson and Eileen sledding!  

Jan 21st

Carson with friends Max (Red) and Gaspar (Green).  

They were celebrating Max's 6th birthday!

Jan 20th

Carson had a movie night with a friend while Aaron and I were supposed to go out on a date but Aaron has been under the weather lately. So instead I organized all my papers for the Spring semester. Carson had fun at his friends eating pizza, popcorn, and ice cream sundaes all while watching Harry Potter!

Jan 19th

Back to school on this balmy 15 degree day!

Jan 18th

Making the base to my Korean Rice Cake Soup. It consists of beef broth and anchovies which I have learned are very healthy for you. It particularly helps with circulation.

Jan 17th

More snow! I can always measure how much snow we get by looking at a wall on our back patio. I would say we got an inch or so last night.

Jan 16th

Candlepin Bowling for Martin Luther King Jr Day!

Jan 15th

Carson with our neighbor Andrew!  

What's better than dressing up on a Sunday afternoon like pirates?

Jan 14th

Watching the Patriots and Broncos play. It is not looking so good for the Broncos right now. However all New Englanders are going crazy over the Pats!

Jan 13th (Friday the 13th!)

Chinese goodness!! Then it is time to play Settlers of Catan with our friends!

Jan 12th

Waking up to snow! Finally!!

Jan 11th

Carson at his 6 year old check up. The Dr gave him a clean bill of health and told him to keep eating his veggies! In 1 year Carson has grown 2.5 inches and gained 8 lbs!

Jan 10th

Carson with his friend Gaspar from school who came over for a play date today!

Jan 9th

Saw my Orthodontist today. I have been wearing my Invisalign for less than a year and the change is already dramatic! I am on tray 23 now with 31 being my last one. This means I only have 17 weeks left in my treatment! Woohoo for straight teeth!

Jan 8th

Carson enjoyed celebrating his friend Farah's 6th birthday!

Jan 7th

Today was a fun filled day! Carson played with a neighbor friend this morning then had ice skating lessons. Carson is getting fast on the ice and he only fell twice! After lessons we went to a retirement party for a beloved Concord bus driver Woody (see picture). Woody is an amazing bus driver and every child who rides his bus including Carson will miss him!

We visited the Burlington Mall later in the day so Aaron could pick up a few things for work. We of course had to visit Chick Fil-A! It is the only one in our area and maybe the only one in Mass! We do not eat there often but when we do we think of Atlanta. Now we are off to watch the new Muppet movie. Did I mention it was a balmy 60 degrees today??....In New England in Winter!!

Jan 6th

Got all my Christmas decorations together. The tree is bare and ready for the Boy Scouts to come get it. Now to get my decorations organized in their containers!

Jan 5th

Went with Jenny and Anna to the Children's Museum to decorate snowflakes and read stories. After that we ate lunch at Subway then made off like bandits at Target! Lots of 90%off goodies!

Jan 4th

Today was another freezing day outside.  We saw single digits with negative temperatures with the windchill!  We are prepared though so we just had to bundle up to venture out.  I helped in Carson's class today.  Their theme is winter so I helped the kids make these cute shovels with a writing and picture of what they like about winter.  After helping out in class I went to the gym.  I am now officially sore but in a good way.  Now I  need to write out my meal plans, schedule Dr. Appointments, go grocery shopping, and figure out some registration stuff for school--all before 3:30 when Carson gets off the bus!

Jan 3rd

It was back to school for Carson, back to work for Aaron, and back to the gym for me.  Today was the coldest day of winter so far, so we really had to bundle up this morning to wait for the bus.  I managed to get in a little over 2 miles on the treadmill today.  Not great but I have not had time to run in over 6 months so I am a little rusty.  After the gym, I had brunch with a friend then baby sat a little girl.  Carson has a half day of school Tuesdays, so we ate lunch with friends and then Carson had gymnastics.  Now we are back inside where it is warm.  Tonight the temperature is going to be in the single digits so indoors where it is warm is the best place to be!

Jan 2nd

Today was a pretty relaxing laid back day.  This morning I had to go through all of my papers from this last semester to determine what I would be keeping and what would be going into the recycling bin.  After lunch I took Carson to the swimming pool so Aaron could get some work done on a class he will be teaching at MIT.  After the pool Carson played outside with the neighbor kids and now he is inside playing with his snap circuits.  He got his snap circuit set for Christmas and after following some of the detailed projects he has moved on to experimenting on his own projects.  Now I am debating whether I should take the Christmas decorations off our tree tonight.  I feel like I just put them on so I am hesitant to take them off.  

They will have to come off by Friday night anyway because the Boy Scouts are coming to remove our tree for us on Saturday morning.  

A Photo a Day in 2012

Happy 2012!  I am hoping to keep a journal with a picture a day in 2012!  

My first photo is already special to me; we were able to ring in the New Year with our wonderful friends Jenny and Jay and their children Anna and Eileen!!