Snow Over Our Heads

The snow finally stopped around 5pm yesterday. The Mr. began shoveling us out of the driveway last night so we could go places today, if needed. We did finally leave the house after noon today, just so we could see something besides the inside of our home. A lot of the schools seem to be closed for tomorrow and driving around here isn't the greatest. I've found that they really don't know how to plow here.

Once we got back from driving around town to see what the rest of the city looked like, The Mr. took the kids out to play. Here's some pictures of their fun:


Here's a picture of Thing 1's snow angel:

Blizzard 2010

Me and the boys haven't left the house since Thursday evening due to the anticipation of the blizzard of 2010, or snow-maggedon or snow-pocalypse, whichever you prefer. The Mr. did go to work on Friday. I stayed home with the boys and gave him my 4-wheel drive vehicle to drive around. I was able to do work from home and wouldn't be missing anything at work that day. Now that it is Saturday evening, I am already dreading another day indoors. The boys are getting antsy as it is, another day inside isn't going to help things. My biggest concern is if we have enough stuff to do to keep all of us occupied until we are able to leave. We made a pizza, baked cookies, played Wii, and watched a new movie that we purchased just for the occasion. What should we do tomorrow?

The Mr. decided to begin shoveling since it stopped snowing right before dinner. It only took him an hour to shovel a path from our back steps to our vehicles parked at the end of the driveway. I'm hoping we are able to get out of the house by tomorrow around noon, just so we can see something besides the inside of our home!

We have been letting MJ out multiple times to allow her to do her business and The Mr. said it was funny to see her hop around in the snow. It is well over her head! We are unsure how much snow we have received but I am sure it is over 2 feet.

Here's some pictures before the blizzard:

During the snow:

Quiz

So, Thing 1 received a toy computer from Santa. It's a learning computer that has various games and ways to teach math and reading. He really seems to enjoy it. The other day he was playing a game on it called something along the lines of choose the picture that doesn't belong. He asked me to explain the game and tell him what he was supposed to do. When the first group of choices came up I told him what the pictures were and asked him which one was different from the others. Here were the choices: car, bicycle, or motorcycle. Now, I had a hard time with this one. Which item doesn't belong? I would like to know your opinion on this one. Thing 1 didn't seem to have difficulty and choose the "right"answer. The funny thing is that I saw 2 appropriate "correct" answers and if you choose the other one, it was wrong. However, during a different game, on the same computer, that pretty much asked the same question of which one is different, the answer was not the same as the answer from the "Which one doesn't belong" game. I don't get it. I guess my 4 year old is smarter than me!

So tell me, which one doesn't belong - the car, the bicycle, or the motorcyle. Why did you choose that answer?

Bunkbeds

About a week ago we purchased the boys bunkbeds. Thing 2 was getting to the point where he was going to jump right out of his crib. So instead of transforming the crib into a daybed, we went straight for the bunkbed. The boys are sharing a room and with 2 beds in there, there wouldn't be much room to walk around. The Mr. spent last Saturday putting together the bunkbed while I took the boys to the park and out to lunch. Here's the end result:

I think they turned out pretty good. Both boys seem to enjoy them. Our biggest problem was keeping Thing 2 in bed!

Ready for the Holidays?

A few weeks ago we got the boys picture taken for Christmas as we usually send out a photo with our cards. Here is the final result:

I thought the pictures turned out pretty good. They wouldn't sit together and both look at the camera at the same time so we had to settle for pictures of them separately! There were some nice ones of the two of them playing but each picture had the back of one of their heads!

We are preparing for Christmas in our house. Our tree is up and some presents have been purchased. We will celebrate Christmas with my family this weekend as we won't be traveling on Christmas day. Hopefully, I will post pictures of our visit once we return next week!

I know I have been absent from blogging. I have been preoccupied with spending time with my boys and working. Also, yesterday my computer crashed. Now I have limited access to a computer until I can get a new one.

It's Starting Early This Year

There has been a lot of discussion in this house about Christmas. Pretty much as soon as Halloween was over, Thing 1 began talking about Santa Claus and Christmas lights. About a week ago, both boys decided it was time to start wearing their Santa hats. Now, I'm all for Christmas; however, I would prefer to wait until Thanksgiving is over!

So, the other day I asked Thing 1 what he wanted for Christmas.

Thing 1: "an umbrella and a flashlight"

Me: "Do you want anything else?"

Thing 1: "What does Santa have?"

Apparently, Mr. Claus needs to start sending out a catalog!

"I got a rock."

Yesterday, after dinner, we headed out into the big, wide world in our best costumes to do some much needed trick-or-treating. Thing 1 had this trick-or-treating thing down. He wasted no time and ran from one house to the next. Thing 2, however, was pushed from house to house in his stroller and enjoyed being given candy for looking cute in a skeleton costume. After this endeavor, I do have one piece of advice for all who hand out halloween candy. *gets on soap box* Please offer candy to all children, no matter how small. I know my youngest child can not really eat candy, but he did see his older brother get candy at each house and feels he is entitled to anything older brother gets. If you must, just give the older child one piece of candy and the younger child one piece of candy. This will please the younger one greatly and we really do not need more that one or two pieces of candy per house anyway. For those of you who did not give candy to my youngest, once we left your house he got very angry and I am sure he cursed you in his own language. Thank you for listening. *Takes a bow and gets off soap box.*

Now to the real reason you came by this blog: Pictures!

We hope everyone had a safe and happy halloween!!!