Day One of De BLiZzArD

Yay! It's 9:30 in the morning, and we've awoken to snow!
Still in our pajamas, let's get out there! No matter that the snow is still coming down! And hitting us in our faces! It's the first snowfall of the season!
Yay!

Found the sled in the attic. So cute that they both fit on it, right? ;)
Momma doing all the work...

Ollie found that sitting on the sled was a lot nicer than sitting in the snow. We had to keep him at an angle so that he didn't get the windy-snow in his eyes. Both boys enjoyed a few trips down the (little) hill in the backyard on this sled. A real Flexible Flyer! How do they bend that wood around? Anyone know?
Below, I think T is winning the snowball fight with St. Nick.



He's so happy that he can use his shovel for digging. I don't let him do that with it in the dirt, as it has a tendency to encourage the neighborhood cats to come around and take a dump.
But in snow-- hey! Go ahead!

Ollie and I wait on the inside.

The rest of the day was pretty much spent bumming around inside. I'm trying to fully wean Ollie this week, and it is hard. He's been a grouch each morning. That and teething... But it was nice to have him fall asleep on my chest while we rocked and watched the snow fall outside the window. Then I did the same thing again an hour later with T. So sweet.

Below, I HAD to share all of these. I call it our "Oreo Interlude".
Yes, Ollie only had ONE cookie.

Blizzzzzard of '09

Holyfreakingcow.
We NEVER get the big snow. It almost always comes north or west of us, due to the fact that we get the shore rains rather than the big snow.
But this one was different.
It was a nor'easter.
Holyfreakingcow.
This article attempts to capture it all. Insane.
I'll blog pics soon ;)

Babies That Are NOT Mine

Ahhh.... loveies!!! The one above is Cathy and Zak's daughter, Nora. She's getting so big! We'll be spending New Years Eve with them so I'll be able to get my babyfix in then ;) My GIRL babyfix, that is. Ah! And I can announce that I'm proud to say I've been asked to be her godmother! I love it! It's like getting to have a girl (read: buy for a girl) even though I don't have one! Very honored to hold that title ;)

Below, congratulations to Mike and Mary! Little Graham Burton was born on Saturday, December 12th at 5:24pm. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 21 inches long - which was WAY off from the doc's calculations - not to mention his due date of Dec. 26th! We've passed along bags and bags of boy clothes to them. It will be nice to see some other little guy wearing them proudly!
Last class is Thursday; after that, here come the holidays! And the Puerto Rico trip! Does anyone know if it is true that you don't need a passport to visit there? Jim and I assumed we did, and went through the hassle of renewing ours... Maybe we'll have to really travel out of the country again soon!

Woah, Santa!

I am totally not the mom who would put her baby in Santa's lap and force a picture. The Big Guy was at Chick Fil A today and it was my intention to get a (free) shot of the kids with him one way or another this holiday season. Trenton was not keen on going up to Santa; he walked up, quickly said, "I want a superhero cape" and ran away ;) I got him to come back and stand and then handed over Ollie. That is when he began the "WHOTHEHELLISTHISGUY???" cry. So we took two pictures and then left.

That's T in a Buzz Lightyear costume at a friend's house. He regularly tells us he's going to be an astronaut when he grows up. Then a superhero. And some days, a builder.

I thought I had a good thing going with this new foot-pedal garbage can. But, as you can see, he's got it all figured out.

Xmas Card, 2009

Many thanks to Jay for taking our Christmas picture this year... Most of you will be getting some variation of the above photo in the mail later this week ;)

Thanksgiving '09

The morning began with preparations. I whipped up some cornbread and Jim helped me make a turnip and potato mash using the rest of the CSA vegetables. Cute Turnip Man, eh?

Dinner at the Lacina's included turkey and all the fixings. They kept the turkey warm out on the grill while the oven was used to heat up other things. Below, T and Grandma make homemade cranberry sauce. It was fantastic!

Unusually small Thanksgiving crowd this year, with just two of my uncles, one cousin, and an aunt. But we had a very nice time talking and spending time with each other. Swapping fish stories, napping, and making googly eyes below...































Then it was off to the Konopacks' to do it again that weekend!
Oliver just loves looking out the back window at the deer.
I think those few whispy hairs in his eyes might require a first hair-cut soon...

Trenton is always able to find good toys to entertain himself with.


My MOMS Club had a new member social the other day at Panera. I had to put in this picture of Harrison and Trenton, as they look TOO CUTE.
And below is my attempt at getting a picture of them together in matching shirts. Haha to that!

Snowball Fight

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