  Trying to get the kids to watch less TV. So we've been killing time with alternative activities & having fun. The other day we planted a rhododendron & made a batch of play dough (flour, salt, water and canola oil), I've been reading stories, encouraging them to draw, etc.
We had fun making crowns out of willow and being 'water princesses'. Ella says her own name! However, I think "ah-laaa" is a normal 5-week-old sound - it's cute, anyhow. Awww. She just smiled in her sleep. Duane has been very patient, considering the stress he's under. They closed the group home he worked in, so he's looking for a new job, and we just moved into a new house where his office has no door (he's also a writer) so the kids go in there and bug him. My dad's helping me put a door on tomorrow - feeling a bit guilty about working on a Sunday, though. I wish I could ask a priest if it's OK - it's not paid work, after all. 
