Sandtrap

I'm optomistic that I've found a workable solution to our sand issues. I found a shoe cubby that fits in what was our shoe pile by the door. It now opens up enough space for Lolo to sit on a small piece of carpet...which I'm hoping will trap all of the sand...thereby allowing for vacuuming just a couple of times a week instead of every day.

Speaking of the new cubby....Lolo was really excited about it because she has a cubby at school. When Jim came home last night, she sweetly said,"Dad, you want me to put your shoes in your cubby?"

And speaking of shoes...Lolo just got new snowboots (and new snowsuit) on friday. It's been in the upper 70s/lower 80s here and she wants to wear her new boots out all the time. She reminds us of Napoleon Dynamite walking around town in his moon boots. The photo is from friday. She's wearing her new suit and boots. I was worried she would be too hot. She wore it around it house for about half an hour. We kept asking "Lo are you getting hot?" She kept saying no. Then I was worried the suit wasn't going to be warm enough for winter. But her face started to pink up and then all of a sudden she yells out "Mom! HELP! I burning HOT!"