Dinner Reservations at 5..

So, Riley loves the play kitchen at school and my parents were going to get one for him for Christmas, but the one I had been eyeing up was on on back order for what seemed like forever. Lo and behold, it was in stock this morning, woooo hooooo! Thanks Grammy and Poppy for the awesome Oompa gift certiffy! Soo, Riley will have in his possession, his very own French kitchenette very soon! Now all he needs is a pair of those black and white houndstooth pants and a chef hat!

In other exciting news, I have bronchitis, and Riley is still kinda sorta sick & Maggie has to get an operation to get a tumor removed near her bum (luckily, it's benign). January needs a swift kick you know where if you ask me.

Riley has learned three new words: boobies (yes, and he knows what they are), book (booh), and ball. He's been saying ball for quite some time but now he actually knows what it means now- cute. He's also very excited to have finally mastered getting on the couch himself..and chairs, and our bed. Luckily, we taught him how to get down many months ago, now we just have to tame the wild jumping on the couch and we're all set.

We're going over a friend's house for lasagna tonight, so wish us luck, as Riley, how shall I put it, has been leaving quite a bit to be desired in the evening hours. However, last night I was craving sushi (and not particularly interested in having jim or me cook) so we went out to dinner and Riley was awesome. He pounded down cubes of tofu and japanese omelet (tamago) and generally was such a good boy. We were impressed and it was a really good night out. ha ha, "night out" cracks me up since we were home by 6:45pm. It seemed to be a good night for Riley too since we came home he played for about 20 minutes, we asked him if he wanted to go to bed, he said "yeah!" and then walked back to his room, put his hands up for Jim to put him in his crib, got a few kisses good night, and that was that. Jim said it was the cutest thing he's seen in a long time.

Alright, cyber nerds....I'll post some pics soon! We've been slacking on our camera-ing duties.