We took the girls to the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, locally known as the Domes.  The weather here has been so cold and gray that it was nice to go there and pretend that we were in some humid paradise.

The train displays were set up and whole mini "towns" were woven into the landscape.







Plus, I enjoyed the added bonus of checking out all the plants there to get some landscaping/plant ideas for our desolate yard.

I have resurfaced.

The unfortunate tale is that we were robbed several weeks ago and all our technology gadgets as well as my jewelry were taken, hence the lack of blogging.  It was a discouraging incident, but we are thankful that most things that were taken are replaceable.  It did spark a new conversation about what sort of things we should invest in to prevent this in the future: motion lights? security system? large angry dog with pointy teeth? booby traps? wild chimps? and so on.

So I'm back on the blog and am excited to share some developments. As an extra special treat for today, here's Sage singing a song that haunt most parents in their sleep and Luciana learning to wink.





Thanks for sticking with me.