A Milestone for Elsie

Elsie reached a big milestone tonight. She is officially out of her crib and the crib is now a toddler bed.
Stephen was in the playroom with Mary Grace just before bedtime tonight and I had gone downstairs to search for Bunky. When I came back up, Stephen and Mary Grace were still in the playroom. I went to Elsie's room to give Bunky to her and there she was, in her bed. I asked Stephen if he had put her in there and he said that, no, he had been in the room with Mary Grace the whole time. So we took Elsie back out of the bed and told her to show us how she had gotten into the crib. She showed us alright! She just put one little foot on the mattress and swung the other leg over the railing and plopped right into the bed. I am just thankful we realized her dexterity in this matter while she was getting into the bed rather than out of it!
Stephen quickly took off one side of the crib and now it's just a toddler bed. Same crib, but without one of the sides. She's very proud of herself in her new bed!

In Like a Lion...

They say March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. Well, the first part of that saying has proven to be true for Saint Marys in 2009. When we woke up today the temperature was in the mid-60s. By the time we got to church, it was pouring down rain. When we came out of the santuary to walk to Sunday School an hour later, the rain had gone and the cold weather was blowing in. It's been sunny and very windy the rest of the day and the temperatures have now dropped into the low 50s. They are calling for mid-30s tonight. We'll be back in the 70s by the weekend.
I guess we've been spoiled by the warm weather here. When we went out around lunch time, Stephen was shivering. I pointed out to him that it was 55 degrees, not too cold. He said, "Yeah but who knows what the wind chill is!" The wind chill? It was not THAT cold!