Non Chemically PJs

It's been a real bear trying to find non-chemical treated pajamas for the boys. These days, almost all children's pajamas are have flame retardant properties. I agree that I don't want anyone to catch on fire, but what are the long term side effects of wearing those chemicals next to growing children's skin for 11-12 hours a day?

The alternative is very tight fitting sleepwear, where presumably there's no material to fall into an open flame (like we have any candles or bunsen burners around.) It's getting harder and harder to find them, but luckily, I found a nice set decorated with Cars2, so Q-ster and Buster could have new PJs for Christmas Eve.

They were not kidding about the tight fitting part. It almost took three of us to get Buster's hands through the sleeves.

MicroSherpa

The boys got me this super-soft blanket for Christmas, to keep me/us warm when we watch videos together. If you click on the picture, you can get a close-up of the label. It's a reversible "microsherpa to micromink" blanket. I'm just imagining little tiny minks running around, waiting for their haircuts to contribute to the micromink side of the blanket.

A New Meaning to the Back of the Bus

When I was getting off the plane yesterday, the flight attendants announced that there were two exits, one in the front and one in the rear, so it would got faster to leave by the nearest exit. That's a frequent occurrence for commuter flights in California, so I didn't think anything of it, when I headed out the back.

What I didn't realize was that when you leave from the front, you get to go through the enclosed ramp that takes you straight from the door of the plane into the airport. When you leave from the back, you walk down a slippery metal staircase, crunch across the snowy tarmac, and then climb a flight of stairs to get into the airport!

I was glad I'd worn by warm coat instead of packing it into my suitcase.

Photo: The Palace at sunset yesterday (4pm.)

P.S. The weather report has a low of 4 degrees tomorrow. I’m a little panicky!

Toto, We're Not in California Anymore

Tomorrow:
Sunrise at 8:51am
Sunset at 4:07pm
High of 23 degrees F

In San Francisco, street vendors make a killing selling sweatshirts to tourists who think that all of California is warm and therefore wear short sleeves into the city, not knowing that it's chilly there almost all year around. Well, I've found the equivalent today when I landed in this Scandinavian capitol.

Hats.

Before I left, SwingDaddy asked me if I wanted a hat, and I said no, since I have a hood attached to my Polarthin jacket. Indeed, the hood is much warmer, but it's hard to see anything while wearing it, and it was nice to be able to look around at the breathtaking, snow-covered city this afternoon in the one half hour of sunlight I'll get outside this week.

Thus, a new hat. I figure it’s a kind of tourist tax, but cuter.

Snuggle-puss

Mommy, can we snuggle with our octopuses on the soft carpet?

Yes, baby, yes we can.

Racism is Stupid

Love this.

I can't confirm the original source (9gag.com, perhaps?), but will update to with credits if otherwise!

Telling Time

We haven't worked on telling time on analog clocks in a while, but I'm guessing that the little dude could use some practice. Maybe not on this Lego watch that he built for himself though.