No Day Like a Snow Day

School was canceled today.
We're under a blizzard warning until tomorrow night.
Then we're supposed to have some pretty high winds.
Yay - drifting!


Caddie doesn't seem to mind. Much.




I spent the day making "warm" (not hot) cocoa & finding dry gloves, boots, pants, jackets, and of course helping with peeling off wet socks.



As much as I hate the cold - there has been proof that I find it's well worth it!

Attention All Autobots: You've Been Called to Battle

I finally got around to booking Carter's birthday party location.

decepti-creep

Nothing like waiting until 2 weeks before the day of the party, right?

Hey! Watch the racin' stripes!

These are pictures from last nights photo shoot, to be used on his invitation.

I'm totally getting my money's worth from those post-Halloween costumes, right?!

We'll Plan Our Escape

I was prompted to use a few of our outtakes from our weekend photo shoot.
Back story: We live near the American Gothic house, and thought it would be fun(ny?) to use this famous landmark as a backdrop to our photocard this year.

Here are few* of the pictures we won't be using in our holiday card:

The eyes closed:


The Baby trying to make a break:

The using a pitchfork as a weapon while the Baby actually Escapes:



*as it turns out we spent an afternoon basically chasing** the boys around and wielded not a salvageable photo from this location.

**it was also decided that the afternoon as a whole would have been much more enjoyable for the adults if there had been wine. Mass quantities of wine.

Happy 1st Birthday, Baby

What a great year we've had with & because of this little guy.


He's added something to our family that I didn't even know was missing. Isn't that a great feeling? To know that you found something that was very much needed?




Happy Birthday, Little Dude.

Happy Halloween

Carter drew the shapes on the pumpkins and desperately tried to use the knife to cut them out.
He's so proud of his (perceived innovative) oval nose.

I have a strange son. Lovely jack o' lanterns, but a strange child.

Happy Halloween!

Oh. D-d-dear.

We spent a few hours outside, in some blustery weather.


Sawyer acted as if we were conspiring against him. That maybe we took him outside just to see him make this face.


Carter, on the other hand, found it to be the perfect opportunity to act like a billboard model.


An now, once again, it's time to play Brothers Much?

In other news - my baby is walking. And occasionally speaking in syllables other than"bub", "meh", and "dah"* - now he's added "gog", "done", and "nah nah nah".

I didn't say they were all coherent, just that he added to his vocabulary.


*Bub is for Carter. Dah is used to get JBs attention. Leaving me with Meh.

It's Been Said That I'm Their Leader

What's an astronauts favorite snack?
Space Chips.

How do you get a baby to sleep on a spaceship?
You rocket.

What's an alien's favorite candy?
Martian-Mellows.

What's an astronaut's favorite drink?
Gravi-tea.