Springtime

It's Springtime in the Tobey Saenz household. We're back from a great trip to New Zealand, mommy is back to work, and the 4 person household is feeling a little more manageable each day. Highlights recently have included mommy's trip to DC to meet Michelle Obama's team. Daddy was explaining to Alita that Barack Obama and Michelle are in charge of the whole country. Alita looked at him quizzically and asked, "who's in charge of the living room?" Later that day she told us Kona is in charge of the living room. Last week, we had Cass and Mike over for dinner. Because we're focusing on potty training recently (ever since returning from NZ Alita has had a lot of success going diaper-free!), Alita was sitting at the table "sans pants". She started fiddling around under the table and then asked loudly, "Mommy, A-ita putting fork in fa-china!". Uh-oh.

Dakota is getting bigger every day and is a really happy, mellow kid. She spends long periods of time awake and looking around; she loves wiggling on her floor mat, and she is starting to look at objects that are close by. Alita loves giving her hugs.

We just got 5 baby chicks. They are living in our dining room for now until our pre-fab coop arrives. Alita is thrilled about having chickens in our house. They're a little more interesting than the polywogs we had in an aquarium for about a week!