NJ's runny nose has turned into sneezing and coughing too. I brought over a bento dinner that mom requested. I ate a little of it while watching NJ enjoy it. I didn't stay too long, though because he was all over the place coughing and sneezing and wanting to hug me. I'm always so sad to refuse any hugs or kisses or affection. I want him to hurry up and get better!

Poor guy woke up yesterday with a runny nose. He doesn't have one today, and no coughing, but you can hear his coarse voice. Otherwise, he's totally himself, thank goodness. We're still worried about me getting sick, so this is sadly all we saw of him today. He brought over his first Valentine's goody bag from school and I couldn't help but to go through it. Ha, ha. Lots of great stuff!

"I want more this cereal... this crunchy and this crunchy, the blueberries, and the strawberries... this one."

"Why this umbrella still here?"

NJ's drawing of a car.

A cold and rainy day was good for some indoor activity for the mommies... shopping! And later in the day, the sun came out for a double rainbow... all the way!

This morning when I went into his room, he was all dressed already. At first I saw him covered in his blanket so I thought he was still sleeping, but he popped up fully changed. He decided himself what to wear and put it on earlier that morning I guess. Shirt, underwear, socks, pants and everything. Just his pants were on backwards, but pretty good job.

"Eeeee... Cheeeese!"

NJ asks me all the time, "I want to go to librury. We can see the dolphin and the fish. With Ah-ee, Cameron guh-guh, and baby Connor." He had it all planned out in his head, "I want to see pond, and I want to see the dolphins, and I want to see the fish..." Mostly he talks about his plan when it comes to food. "I want to eat the crackers, then I want to eat the cheese, then I'm going to eat aaaaaallll that!" The library was pretty empty, so he got to wander around, even grabbing a book for me to read to him. That's a first. And outside, there were fish and two ducks in the first fountain. He loved saying hi to the duckies.

"I like Trader Joe's"

At Trader Joe's it was really busy and crowded. My first mistake was going during lunch time and second was going on Valentine's day. Oops. I'm lucky that NJ is pretty compliant and easy going. I did have to lift the thirty-five pounder in to the shopping cart, though. Ouch. I got plenty to cook for tonight and then some. NJ wanted everything. Good thing he's also good about not getting exactly what he wants. He was hungry though, so I bought him a dried fruit bar. Something my friend always gave her kids back when I'd go with her on her Trader Joe runs.