Another Snow Day

We are getting hammered with snow today. I heard one report that said we were going to get 15" of snow today. Everytime I look out the window I am amazed at how fast it is coming down. When hubby got home he said that the roads were absolutely horrible, especially in our neck of the woods. Our road is usually one of the last to be plowed out unfortunately.

Our snow blower is still on the fritz so we have to wait for our neighbor to plow us out. I feel bad that we are relying on him so much to clean our driveway out, but our driveway is a little too much to do by hand. Hopefully next year we can get a truck with a plow.

Since we were stuck inside today I decided to organize my tupperware. That is a feat in its self! I decided to put them right near the fridge so that I can easily get to them. It looks so organized right now and it makes me smile. I hope it stays that way!

C's 7th Birthday Party

We just got back from my neice C's 7th birthday party. It is kind of funny because her theme this year was 'Michael Jackson' of all people. Apparently, she has been listening to his music with my mom and told my sister that he looks a little like Barbie (maybe, because he is going for the white plastic look?). She had his music playing throughout the party and the kids danced to a Michael Jackson Dvd. The kids even watched the 'Thriller' video (I joked that all the kids were going to end up with nightmares).

Despite it being really cold out today we went sledding at her Nana and Papa's house (Aiden's godparents). My sister and I even sledded together (we are just big kids really). Aiden didn't want anything to do with sledding today. I think he is feeling under the weather. Ehric lasted quite a bit longer. Daddy on the other hand was giving rides to all the little ones. I think he was having the most fun out of everyone!

Aiden was sweet to C's baby sister. They sat at a table together and Aiden fed her cake and icecream. It was really cute. He would make a great big brother. Just not right away!

Toy Library

We got out of the house today and went and played at the Toy Library. I went specifically today because there was Sesame Street sing-along at 10 a.m. I think everybody and his brother went there today! Usually I am able to find parking either in their parking lot or out front on the street, but today I had to park on a side street a little bit aways. I felt bad for Aiden because I couldn't find one of his gloves this morning. So he had to walk without gloves on and it was pretty cold today.

When we got inside I was surprised by how many people were there. We were the first ones who went inside the sing-along room, so the boys decided to claim two chairs as their own. The man and his wife leading the sing-along are from Quebec. So when they pronounced Sesame Street it was a little hard to make out and they sound a little different. When the man started singing both my boys put their hands over their ears. After that Ehric decided he had enough and both boys decided that they were going to just go play. So we never ended up doing the sing-along.

Another mom from co-op showed up with her girls. So while the mom and I chatted Ehric became chummy with some other boys there. He likes to do flips on the tumbling mats. Aiden likes to play with either the cars of trains. So I felt like I was constanly turning my head to keep an eye on them both.

When I heard a roar coming from Ehric I knew it was time to check in on him. He was just about to bite a little boy when I picked him up. Usually when Ehric starts roaring he is on overload. So I made him stay in a time out for a bit.

Once Ehric cooled down we decided to go upstairs to ride bikes. I was really impressed by Ehric when he waited patiently for the one motorcycle they have (his favorite). Usually he is quick to try to take claim of that bike. He even said 'thank you' after. Much improvement over his behavior down stairs.

For the most part we had a pretty good time despite how warm it was and how many people were there. I even got to have some adult conversation!

Dog Cookies

Yesterday Ehric and Aiden used some plastic cookie cutters with play dough. When Ehric found a dog bone shaped cookie cutter he decided that we should make "dog cookies." So I found a recipe in my King Arthur Flour cookbook. It was a perfect excuse to use up some liver I had stored in my deep freezer.

I made the dough and then the boys and I cut out dog bone shapes (and a few trucks for measure). The house smelled very beefy most of the afternoon!

I think they look very gourmet! What's funny is that we already have a whole box of store bought biscuits. Oh well, either way they are going to be eaten.

Today we went outside and both boys had to give Nanook a bone. He must of liked them because he ate them up in minutes. I think that once the store bought ones are gone we will stick to making our own.

January Nature Table

I decided to change my nature table over from Christmas to a snowman theme for January. A friend of ours gave us a very pretty fir center piece for Christmas. It is still very green. Although you can't see them in the pictures there are also a few pine cones in the wooden box. The candles have little snow men on them. Aiden has been hiding the candles on me the past few days. They turn up in very funny places.

The poem displayed is from "A Child's Calendar"- Poems by John Updike

January

The Days are short,
The sun a spark
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.

Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor,
And parkas pile up
Near the door.

The river is
A frozen place
Held still beneath
The trees' black lace.

The sky is low.
The wind is gray.
The radiator
Purrs all day.

"Hello. How are you?"

The boys got invited to a neighbors house for dinner and a movie. I had to take pictures of the both of them talking on the phone.

Aiden was too cute. His end of the conversation went something like, "Ketchup. Mac and cheese."