Wordless Wednesday

Snowmen Fall from Heaven Unassembled

I have always heard the saying "Snowmen fall from heaven unassembled" and actually, it's true!  They're such simple things...three balls of snow and some sticks stuck in the side.  So why on earth do I have such difficulty assembling one?!? Yes its true, I have snowman assembling issues!! I blame it on the fact that very, VERY rarely did I have the chance to learn to do this when I was a child growing up in southern California! Thank goodness for Adam who can successfully teach our son to build snowmen during his childhood!  Luckily, as a child I did play in the sand quite a bit so I am still able to build some things in the snow!  On this day Aiden and I made a snow turtle and lots of snowballs that we threw at Lilly!  The weather was mild so we were able to stay out for awhile and play...but that also meant that what we had worked so hard on didn't hang around for long.  A day or two later our turtle and the little snowman daddy made were nowhere to be found!

Mommy and Aiden's Turtle

Daddy's Snowman

Lilly girl loves the snow...Rosie not so much!

We're thankful for the snow we've had and even more thankful that there hasn't been TOO much...but we'd be REALLY thankful if Spring would finally make its appearance! We've caught Spring Fever around here and can't hardly wait to spend more time outside!

Wordless Wednesday

Sweet Preparations

Its almost Valentines Day and I've been hard at work in the kitchen making sweets for my sweets!  Aiden loves to push a chair over and help with anything I may be doing, especially taste testing!  On this night we made heart sugar cookies and decorated them with red frosting.  They didn't last long...but we've made more treats since and still have more to go!  Here are some cookie pics...

...let the frosting begin...

...just checking to make sure they'll be good before we continue...

...sharin' the love with daddy...

...he could tell ya how good these cookies are...but his mouf is so full!...

... ♥ ...

Perfect Pancakes

Our wonderful friends Sarah & Deke gave us some homemade pancake supplies over the holidays.  When we received it, my mind quickly went to a happy place and making ooey gooey sticky sweet memories as a family...and then of course I was quickly brought back to reality by the siren of the firetruck Aiden received from them also! :)



Some mornings I find my self throwing a cereal bar or a handful of cheerios at Aiden and calling it good for breakfast...but my goal the last few months has been to make an actual sit down-eat together-family breakfast at least once a week.  With Adam leaving for work so early in the morning, this usually happens on either Saturday or Sunday most weeks.  These pancake supplies were perfect for this two weekends ago!  Aiden is usually a famished beast when he wakes up but I was pleasantly surprised when he was willing to help and wait patiently this morning for the perfect (pajama made) pancakes!

Mmm Mmm...

Did Aiden choose the maple or blueberry syrup?...

Blueberry of course!! And I think the look says it all...

"Mom this is delicious!"

Needless to say, he shoveled in every last bite...

I'm so thankful for the memories made and I'm grateful that there is still enough left over for another morning! We are looking forward to trying the maple syrup with the next batch!

(Thanks again Sarah & Deke...I will probably be calling for the ingredients for the batter when we run out!)

                      

Spare Me

On one of the last days that we were in Il, we were visiting with Papa and Gigi and somehow at some point Adam and I were talking about our recent bowling adventure and how we ended up not taking Aiden that day but that we were sure he would have loved it.  Well, I'll spare you the boring details and just get to it...we ended up taking Aiden bowling for the first time that day!  He had so much fun trying to figure out what we were all doing and trying to get the hang of it himself!  "What do you mean, mom? That I get to throw a ball? Inside?  And try to make a mess with those things that are all standing so nicely?"

Snow Much Fun

Before we went to IL for the Holidays we hadn't gotten any substantial amounts of snow here in Missouri!  It flurried a few times but there was not enough to play in, so we packed Aiden's snow pants, boots, and some extra warm clothes intending to let him play in ALL the snow that had fallen in the Quad Cities.  Once we got there, it snowed even more and the Sunday after Christmas we helped Aiden get all layered up and we headed out to play.  Aiden was a little hesitant at first but after a few minutes he was having a blast.  Unfortunately, it was so cold that we weren't out for very long but Aiden was able to make his first snow angel before heading in.  Playing in the snow + Time with family = "Snow" Much Fun!!

When we returned home to Mo early in January, we finally had snow here!! A couple more inches fell the first week we were back and although its all gone now, I did get  few pictures of Aiden the day he braved going out to help mommy shovel!

It was so cold on this day that when Aiden's nose started to run, the snot froze to his face and onto the zipper of his coat! At this point, it was time to go in!!

Since, we've had some warm weather.  Last week it was in the 40's and 50's...but it it didn't hang around long.  Its only about 30 degrees again today.  I realize that its still January and its supposed to be cold, but once we were teased with a little bit of spring like weather its hard to adjust back to the cold!  We are very anxious for spring and warmer weather as we are ready to enjoy our new deck and yard!

More Holiday Rewind

There are about a hundred million things I could be doing right now, but I'd rather blog.  Lucky you!  Probably because it bothers me to be so far behind...if I let it go you'd be looking at our pictures from Christmas sometime after Easter!! Everything else has still needed to be done for a while now, I promise you it will still be there waiting for me when I finish this!! Here are some more pictures from the holidays...mostly of family Christmases while we were in Illinois!

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen

Christmas Morning and at the Farm

Christmas at Nana & Kevin's

Christmas at Papa & Gigi's

Oh...Christmas memories!

(This is Aunt Honkey...she is special...we ♥ her!)

Christmas at Grandma's

Whheeew....That's a lot of presents!!  And a whole lot of good memories and time with our family!  I'm exhausted again just looking at all the fun we had!  Believe it or not, there were more pictures taken and even a lot of times that I didn't even take pictures because I decided to enjoy the moment rather than spend it behind the camera trying to capture it!  And this STILL doesn't mean I'm all caught up...but I'm getting there...between the loads of laundry, the gallons of paint, the running errands, etc...  The weekend is near so if I'm not back before then, hope you have a good one!

Holiday Rewind

It doesn't seem like it has already been over two weeks since we were back home in IL for the holidays!! The beginning of 2010 is going by so fast...Here are some pictures from last year (technically!) of the recent holidays!

A week before we went to IL to visit, Nana decided she wanted to come see us!  She was only here for the weekend, but we did lots of fun things in that short time. First, we went to the local farm store to see Santa and his reindeer Dasher.

The Next morning Aiden was thrilled to find that Nana was still at his house, so they spent some time playing and dancing.

And later that day we all went to Saint Louis Mills, to the big Cabela's store.  What a great weekend!

Before we left for our trip we also got a visit from someone at the North Pole!  I don't think it was Santa because it was a few days early, but he must've known we wouldn't be home on Christmas morning so he sent a sneaky elf to our house to leave Aiden's presents! Please excuse our tree, all the ornaments were at the top where little Mr. Busy hands couldn't reach, so in the pictures it looks bare!  Santa didn't didn't bring too much again this year since he knows Aiden still doesn't really have the concept.  Aiden was excited to get a tool bench and and tools though, he works with them almost daily still!  He also got a couple books, a movie, a doodle pad and a "pet" dinosaur from mom & dad! It was another first Christmas in our new home and it was a good day!  We spent the rest of the day enjoying time together and preparing for our trip!