<p>You guys, being snowed in has seriously put a crimp on things to tell you. I&#39;ve run out of things to do with the kids (my newly NON-napping kids) so you can just imagine how happy I&#39;ve been lately. </p><p>However, here are three things that make me smile - because if I think too much about the weather I&#39;ll cry:</p><p><strong>1.</strong> <a href="http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2009/01/playing-ketchup.html">This episode of 30 Rock</a> cracks me up because it&#39;s true. Anyone that shows up at a Hispanic family event will be handed an overdressed baby and a plate of food. It&#39;s just the way it is. Also? &quot;It&#39;s OK, you were not being rude, you were just being stupid,&quot; is my new favorite way to accept apologies from jerks. HA!</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>2. </strong>My new spring dress.<a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/dresses/knitdresses/PRDOVR%7E91099/91099.jsp"> Isn&#39;t it lovely?</a> I know shopping&#39;s not the thing right now, but I needed something to give me hope that I&#39;ll be able to wear flip flops again ... someday! I&#39;m hoping that by buying something so hopelessly out of season I&#39;ll give Mother Nature a nudge in the right direction. And it&#39;s convertible! It&#39;s like buying two dresses and a skirt for the price of one! I know that I&#39;m totally being virtuous and delusional all at once. Let me be.</p><p><strong>3. </strong>My 21 month-old has discarded his beloved Ernie doll: </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/2735375439/" title="Ernie! by R. S. M., on Flickr"><img alt="Ernie!" class="at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0c8970c" height="500" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa3a0c8970c-pi.jpg" width="334" /></a></p><p>Instead, he has made an empty Prosecco bottle his lovey of choice. I&#39;m not even kidding - he dug it out of the recycling bin one day and will not let go, which is slightly alarming and, well, not surprising knowing our habits.</p><p>This sounds weird I know, but it&#39;s all very age appropriate and adorable - he calls it Papa and hugs it in a meaningful way. The fact that he sits on the couch and pretends to drink from it - he puts it to his lips and tilts his head back giggling the entire time, like a miniature drunken aristocrat - could give some people pause I&#39;m sure, but I can assure you it&#39;s not like you think. The bottle&#39;s completely empty, this I know for sure. In this house, adult beverage bottles don&#39;t go into the recycling bin until they&#39;ve been sucked dry. Do we look like the kind of people who would waste perfectly good bubbly? That would be shameful. </p>
