This Week in Pictures

Monday, January 12


Today was Mara's first day in her new class. She seems to be happier now that she's with most of her friends again. It'll be even better once the few friends from her old class move up to the new one as well.


Tuesday, January 13


Mara loves playing her DS and all of the games she got. She probably spends the most time playing the Hamsterz Life game where you take care of a hamster, including feeding it, brushing it, playing with it, and even cleaning out the cage. We've slowly been earning different toys and things for the hamsters. Tonight, we had one of them play with a roller coaster, and Mara loved it. She just kept laughing the entire time the hamster rode the roller coaster.

Wednesday, January 14



No, we don't have mice – Doxy is a bread fiend. Anytime we buy bread at the store, we have to be careful where we place it less she attack it. The other day, I bought some hamburger buns from Wal-Mart and left them in the bag on the floor because we were going to be using them today. Well, when I walked into the kitchen this morning, I discovered that Doxy had attacked both packages of buns during the night. Luckily, only one bun in each package was partially eaten. When we were fixing dinner, I decided to cut off the part where she had already chewed and gave it to her, and she went to town on it.

Thursday, January 15


For Christmas, Mara got a Disney Princess game for the Wii. After making John and I play it several different times, she finally started playing by herself tonight. While it's a fairly easy game (targeted at kids her age and slightly older), it does use both the Wii remote and the nunchuck.

Friday, January 16


One of Mara's favorite meals consists of what she calls "Chinese soup" (egg drop soup) and sesame chicken. There's a really good Chinese food place not too far from where we live, so we went there with my family for dinner.

Before going to dinner, we met everyone at the Plano Dr Pepper StarCenter, and Mara showed Gracie some of her DS games.


Saturday, January 17




John had to work today, so Mara and I decided to go to the park. It was a really nice day. Mara rode her scooter to the park, and then she played on the three different playgrounds there. We both had a lot of fun enjoying the outdoors.