Home for the Holidays

Real Sledding

ITS COLD!!

Our yard is very frosty this fine day. It was really cold here this morning, we saw 1.2 degrees. Thats just frosty. In fact its too cold for any playing outside.

sledding with Mama

Brayden is saying "run Mom", "go fast mom". At the time, I wasn't understanding him at all, too much activity I guess!!

its stuck...

First snow angel

We finally have SNOW

Its a fact, we finally got snow and enough to say we have some. Brayden had a great time outside this morning playing in it. He spent just over an hour out there playing. I spent part of the time with him, pulling him on the sled etc, but after I got cold, he stayed out and played alone. I had him dressed way warmer than I was myself. I have never been a snow fan of sorts, so its not really my thing, but I did enjoy seeing him have fun. As you can see his imagination takes him lots of places. I will put some videos on tomorrow of his motorcycle etc.

We also took the time to clean out the dresser today. It amazes me the clothes we go through never wearing them very much, just moving up a size or style. Childrens clothes aren't that much different from adults clothes in that some fit different than others and still carry the 2T size tag. Such is the life we live.

Its beginning to feel like the holidays with winter finally arriving. The roads around here are snowpacked. Glad we could just stay home. Daddy ventured to town to install since everyone else takes the weekend off. That means there is no one in his way and he isn't in anyone else's way either. Free rein of the house you might say. He is still gone as I post this, so he's had a long day. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

Snow and Motorcycles

Finishing breakfast

New Settings

Just a bit of advice was shared with me...so I changed our comment section so that you don't have to sign in or own a google account in order to comment on our pages. Perhaps that will enable all to comment more!! We used to get comments all the time, but not so much lately. I know everyone is busy, obviously we are too or we would post more, but its nice to get feedback from our friends too. Now perhaps the comments will flow!! :-)

Breakfast

running over Papa

Sledding with Daddy

The wind came up this afternoon and the snow is long gone. Glad they got to enjoy it for a little while. Never know, it might be the only snow we get for a while.

Thanksgiving

I have been meaning to get this updated since Thanksgiving, tells you how much is going on here. I just don't seem to get around to it. Thanksgiving went off without a hitch, of course I was only cooking the desserts so that wasn't difficult. We had a really good day with Roger's family. Brayden had lots of people willing to entertain him for hours. In fact he went without a nap all day because we wanted him to take advantage of cousins being here that he doesn't get to see very often. He rose to the occasion without having fits or anything. Its actually really a blessing that he doesn't seem to have many meltdowns in public due to lack of sleep. They do happen at home, but not usually in public. That is a very nice thing!! He didn't really eat much for either meal, too much action I would suppose. If I remember correctly, he made up for it the next day. We spent Friday here at home and then headed up to Grandpa and Granny's for the weekend. Of course up there, Brayden had plenty of people willing to entertain. Even Daddy was willing to entertain, but Brayden wasn't wanting Daddy to bother. He spent a lot of time telling Daddy "NO", wanting Papa and Aunt Jean to fill in instead. Even mama was allowed to get in on the action, just not daddy.

After coming home Sunday we started the "coming down" process. It took a day or two to get him back to normal. I think he decided that mama and daddy are just BORING when its just us. Now things are normal again and he is finding ways to have fun while we are busy. We got some snow on Saturday, so Daddy took him out sledding yesterday and again just a little bit before lunch. It was warm enough for him to be outside for awhile before lunch, so he was out for an hour or so and Daddy played with him for the last 25 min before lunch. As long as I get him dressed warm enough I think he will love playing even when its cold. We have noticed that he likes to go to the shop more now with it being cold. Beats staying in the house all day long!!

We are looking forward to X-mas!! Uncle Bobby should be joining our household sometime in the next week or so, and Aunt Amity is coming home on the 21st. Of course we have just seen Aunt Jean at thanksgiving, but she will be coming home too. It will be nice to all be together again for several days. Happy Holidays to all!!

Explanation

Roger saw the video below online several weeks ago. He got such a kick out of it, that we watched it several times. Fast forward to this morning...with our colds its been a long time since Mama has had a full nights sleep. Brayden has been getting up in the middle of the night about 3 or 4 and staying up till 5. That's really putting a kink in my sleep. Well this morn he got up at 7 after being up for an hour or so, came trouping up the stairs. He climbs up on our bed, Roger is already gone, so its just me, says "mama awake??". I ignored him. He got down and went and got two or three books, came back and bopped me over the head with them. Much like the video, guess I am glad it wasn't a bat, anyway, I didn't respond so he pried open my eyelid with his finger and I kept my eyeball turned up so he says "Mama eyes icky". He climbs back down and soon comes back with a Kleenex and wipes my eyes. Then he pries them open again, so this time I looked at him and he says "mama awake"?? Well I didn't split a gut then, but I have several times this morning just telling the story!! You see when he gets a bad cold it goes to his eyes, so he often has icky eyes from being sick. We use Kleenex to clean them up then too. He has learned well a few things via video and mama's hand. Again, I am just glad it wasn't a bat he used to try to wake me up!! Mama's aren't really allowed any extra sleep. I am still not a napper, even after 1 1/2 yrs of motherhood, I still don't nap well. Seems I can think of a million things that need done the minute I lay my head down. Ah well a few laughs along the way sure make lack of sleep worth it. Now just try NOT to comment on this post, a little reverse psychology here. :-)

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!! We will be having two thanksgivings this year as my family will celebrate on Saturday. We have soooo much to be thankful for and we are counting all of them.

Thanks to all our friends and relatives that visit this site and keep up with us. You all are the reason I try to keep this going. Aside from making it my diary of exciting events...we know it helps keep you all close. Thanks for being beside us through all of it, beginning to current. Its certainly been more fun and more Challenging than I had ever imagined. Who knew that being a parent included trying to stay lots of steps ahead. Gives me lots of mental excersize if nothing else gets exercised my mind certainly does. Thanks again!!

Have Cats or Kids...

Featuring in Concert...

Beginning the indoor stuff

Our little construction guy...

Playing and singing incognito

Practicing balancing the truck on his head...

Its been some time again...

I have let this slide long enough. Altho I do have to admit that I haven't had any screaming emails lately either, so I was more able to let it slide. Things around our household continue to move along and grow up and go through stages. We are currently reverted back to the "I don't want to eat" stage. That one seems to come and go. I try not to let it be an issue, but its one of those things that he is learning to use to his advantage. To avoid his advantage, he has to stay in his chair and wait until we are done eating now. That usually dissuades him from thinking he doesn't want to eat. Oh the things we parents have to figure out in order to stay somewhat sane. Brayden is also in the stage where we wait and wait and wait to see if Mama was serious when she asked him to do something. Just wait to see if she will do anything about it if I don't do it...yeah that stage. We all did it, probably several times in life to our parents. Well the receiving end isn't so great is it. If only we knew then what we know now...we might have done it differently. But then again, maybe not. :-)
The other night Roger and I were sitting upstairs and Brayden comes up from the frig with a roll of cookie dough in his hands. He says "cookies mama". Translation, I think I am hungry for cookies. We got such a laugh out of that. He usually just gets his yogurt and spoon and comes to me with that for his nighttime snack. But the cookie dough was new and I guess he thought it looked good. Just so you know though, after baking the cookies, he only ate a 1/2 of one. He isn't real fond of them yet, give him time, he will come around.

Here are some pics of various moments in our life lately. We have been battling a cold now for almost two weeks. Guess its going around. I thought we were going to get over it last weekend, but NO, it morphed on Sunday night and here we are still sick. Hopefully by Thanksgiving we will be in better shape.

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Another dalmation video

Thanks Aunt Dar for this cute costume that you gave us last year!! We had to pin the legs up a bit cuz they were toooo long, so it will probably work for next year too. Especially with this mama that isn't really INTO Halloween so much.