Today

Today it snowed. Nothing stuck, of course, but it was exciting nonetheless.

Also, we have a recent household acquisitions on which I haven't yet reported - we received a sewing machine for Christmas. Cook took a shine to it, and doggedly tackled the actually pretty daunting task of learning to use a sewing machine without first knowing anything about any kind of sewing at all. He made a skirt for Skipper (on the premise that it's best to start small), and finished it tonight. Here she is modeling it,* though she refused to remove any of the clothing she was already wearing, and insisted that she was going to show the camera her scissors instead.

*She's also modeling the new haircut Dutch gave her in the mudroom this morning. Oops.