Snow!

We've had a lot of snow this winter, but not a lot of snow play.   Jack really doesn't care for the snow.  He likes it, until it gets on his skin, or he falls.  We didn't really go out at all, all winter.  Then it got warm and we were a little worried that Jack would miss out on playing in the snow at all.  Of course, we were wrong.  It snowed, and we thought, well this is the last time, we had better get out there now!   Of course, we were wrong about that, but it got us outside! 

Getting a little brave...

and even braver...

Hey, snow is FUN!

A little sledding...

Then, the next weekend, the snow was starting to melt, so we went sledding with Bryant and Marcel.   It was kind of warm, and a great day for sledding!  Jack got to go downhill sledding for the first time!

First, Marcel and Bryant

Then Jack and Daddy had a little accident

On the way back up...

Back down again!

Then we played on the playground a little.

Jack loved it!   He talked a lot about sledding a few days later.  So, now, we are ready for winter to be OVER!

Sledding!

John has been out of town A LOT lately, and it's hard for me to update the blog while taking care of Jack 100% of the time.  

Last week, my mom and I took Jack out in the sled while I shoveled.  Jack is just not a fan of the snow.  He looked super cute in the hat Sue knitted for him, but he didn't move the whole time.

 

 

 

Looks like he had a lot of fun, doesn't it?

 

Check out my poor baby's head!  2 days ago he fell off a step, and yesterday he ran into a wall and the bump on his head swelled up like crazy.  It was very scary looking, but he's ok, it just looks like we beat him.  He was supposed to go get a haircut today, but he needs the hair to cover his bruises!  

Store news:  We have negotiated a contract with a landlord, now we have to do some more paper work, and then I think we will have a real brick and mortar cloth diaper store!   Crazy stuff!   We went to Ikea to look at furniture for the store, and we ended up buying a bunch of sale stuff! 

Check out this kid....he doesn't look like a baby anymore!!!  He looks like a little boy!

An igloo?

New Year's Day we didn't get as much snow as everyone else. But, it was great packing snow, according to John. He wanted to fulfill a childhood dream of building an igloo. This is how I left him:



A few hours later he called and told me to come check out the igloo progress. Bryant, Katie and Greg came over to help.

Greg was packing from the inside.



They had to close him in.



But after a while, they started a door for him. Igloos need doors anyway.








This is what it looked like 2 days ago, as 60 degree weather started arriving...

Quick catch up

I should be wrapping gifts or grocery shopping, or something, but I figured I should catch up on my blog before all the Christmas craziness begins. So, here it is.

Thanksgiving: This was our menu. CRAZY!!! Yes, we need all that food.



We have been geocaching again. We started this about 4 years ago, did it for a summer and stopped. We bought a new GPS and did a little bit early December and we had fun! We will do more once the Christmas season is over. This one was in a park right by our house. This is the park we run around.



We also went geocaching at the Zoo, and while we were there, we saw the polar bears being fed. Going to the Zoo in the winter is cold, but it is the BEST time to see the animals. Remember my post last February about the Kangaroos?


Last weekend, Ed and Kathleen had a holiday party, with the main event being the counting of the corks! They have been collecting corks (they are avid wine drinkers) and every time you finish a bottle with them, you can put a guess in for a dollar. The object is to guess how many corks the container will hold.

Here's the container:


And here's the couting:


I think it ended up being 1,059 corks. Our closest guess was one of mine at 1,088. Not too bad.

The next day, we had a HUGE snow storm, and our neighbor and his kids invited us to go sledding. I hate sledding, but I went, and it was ok, the hill was pretty small.




Now, this is the exciting part:

We have decided what we are getting for Christmas. Oh, this is SOOOOO cool.





Yes, we are getting a new stove and refrigerator. Our current appliances are about 30 years old. The only concern is the size of the fridge. We just HOPE it fits into our house. It is truly beautiful. And, look at this:



That button on the far left? CRUSHED ICE!! But, really the best part is that it is a filtered dispensor, which means we can get rid of our Brita filtering systems!

I think when you buy appliances for Christmas and are truly exctied about them, means you are officially adults. So, at 29 and 34, it's about time, right?

And, in Marcel news...he is coming home FOR SURE! But, not before Christmas...we are now looking at early January. How exciting that it is so soon!!

Ok, now I really have to get moving, more shopping, gift wrapping, and baking is the plan for the rest of the day.

Merry Christmas everyone!!