I hope this isn't an indication of the way the day's going to go. Besides the fact that Cole is finally asleep after crying almost continuously for the past two hours, Accalia just ran upstairs crying after she came down to show me she dressed herself and I told her she looked beautiful. She screamed "No! I'm not beautiful" and ran upstairs. I'm going to blame this start of the fact that both kids are still recovering from colds.

Yesterday the kids and I spent the day at my friend Amy's house. Two other friends - Sara and Karen - were there, too. Very fun! We're all very similar in our parenting philosophies. Nothing better than a room full of apers! I think this is the first time I've been to a playdate where everyone brought a sling. I had a fun time trying out different ones with Cole.

To update everyone on my dad, he's doing fine. His leg is pretty stiff and sore and bruised from where he was ran over, but other than that no damage done! He's taking it easy with work and only doing things like driving the van rather than pushing wheelchairs and lifting people. My parents are really quite the couple. Yesterday my mom had a root canal. She said it wasn't painful, though. That's good to know for future reference!