Fun in the Snow

We recently had a snow storm here in Kernersville. I think there must have been around 6 inches! Everything was shut down. The boys got to use their snow clothes and our inflatable snow sled (thanks Aunt Kathleen!). There is a house for sale (the 'giant's house') that has a great hill/backyard for sledding. It was getting pretty worn out by the time this picture was taken. The boys thought it was great fun!

Here is the little snowman Andrew and I managed to craft. Andrew was very upset that I used leaves for the eyes. "Those not eyes! They leaves!" as he tried to scrape them out. Poor little blind snowman.

We got to take Daddy with us the the 'new zoo' (Greensboro Natural Science Center). That was really fun in the snow! Here's Daddy as the praying mantis and Aden as the hungry ant.

Charlie is just growing up right before our eyes. He now has 2 bottom teeth and is a happy hungry boy.

Aden aka Mr. Inquisitive- couldn't leave this Christmas package from Grandma alone. Here he is using a flashlight to peek into the hole he made. Oh how hard to wait until Christmas morning!!

We have had a pretty good Christmas day. Pretty crazy and messy, but still fun. I will post some more Christmas pictures when we get back from Michigan! Merry Christmas all!

Christmas Card Preview

This year when Paul put up our tree and the boys and I were to decorate it. Well, the only decoration I could find was a roll of tinsel in the box with the tree. So we put it on the tree with the lights. Aden and Andrew found some red crepe paper so we put that on the tree. Then Andrew found a balloon we had been playing with and put that in the tree. So we decorated our tree this year with balloons. And we think it's great. A fun new tradition I hope. And there are also some random Blue ornaments on there too. I want to find the box with the other decorations though. There are some new 'classics' in there I wish we had on the tree. Oh well, one of these days I will live in one place...

The balloon tree in it's first edition.

Chucklin' Charlie.

He digs the W the P crowd.

Just before the drool took over the front of his shirt

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I could not get a consensus on footwear, they had already been dressed in their new shoes 3 hours and somewhere they got taken off.

My favorite

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We have been getting ready for a very exciting Christmas! The boys are so fun and enjoying all the anticipation. We have sent Santa a letter, gotten a response, visited Santa, put up our tree, put up our Nativity scene (Thanks Aunt Michell!) and taken some pictures for our Christmas card.

What do you think? I think they look great in front of our Andrew's all-original idea balloon Christmas tree. Also about Aden's forehead; he does have a small scratch on his forehead. The band-aid was all his doing. He found it, opened it and put it on his boo-boo all by himself. Pretty proud of himself on that count. And I think it was a world-record for continuous band-aid wearing in our house. Almost 36 hours! Good job, Aden!

Aden is all about Santa Claus!

I'm not sure what Charlie is thinking. Maybe 'what is it?'

This is the only picture I could get of Andrew while we were at 'Breakfast with Santa'.

He did not sit on Santa's lap. ;-P

Charlie is trying so hard to catch up with the boys. He is a great babbler and 'says' mamama and dadadada, but blowing raspberries is his favorite pastime. I think we really might be getting close to a tooth. I think 6 months old is a fine time to get a tooth. Plus he has actually been cranky lately.

Trying to post more and more often. Inspired by my BFF Lisa to create a memory book from the blog postings! You can thank her if you are reading this in a book!

Charlie Barley

Charlie is growing up so fast! He is finally rolling over, and trying to get somewhere, somehow. I am content with him staying where I put him. I will just get the twins consistently out of mess-making and he is going to start up! I can't wait.

Charlie on Grandma- She better keep eating her Wheaties!

GROSS ALERT!

For those that can stand a little gore I am including a picture of my MRSA wound. This is 8 days after picking on an ingrown hair. The sore is about the size of a quarter. I am all better after 9 days of IV Vancomycin and 6 more days of Bactrim.

I am now an official germophobe!