Snow, Baby J., & Santa

Yahoo, it finally snowed! My boys were so glad to see some snow that was deep enough to stick around for more than 1 afternoon. Too bad that the entire neighborhood thinks that my yard and the hill behind my yard is a common area. C-1 was complaining that he had to keep waiting for everyone to move out of the way before he could sled down. The boys had a great time playing, making a snow fort, and sledding down the hill in to the back yard. I think C-2 spent most of his time outside just eating the snow. Every time I looked outside, C-2 had a big hand full of snow (hopefully clean), shoving it in to his mouth.


Baby J. is getting too big too fast. He is almost 6 months old and I can't believe how quickly it has gone by. J is such a sweet little guy. He has been sleeping through the night for months, is really happy most of the time and he doesn't even mind having 3 big boys in his face all day long. I shouldn't complain, the boys love J so much, they just try so hard to make him smile or laugh.






We also attended our ward Christmas party. Santa stopped by and for the first time ever, none of my kids were crying while sitting on his lap. I have known this Santa for quite a while, he is a great guy and most certainly had C-2 convinced of his authenticity.

What I have been doing, instead of blogging

I know, I suck at this. Life just gets too busy to sit down and write. I usually update after my kids have gone to bed, but blogging gets put on the back burner if I have other things to do at night. Here are a few of the things that have been taking up all of my no-kid time.

C-2's preschool wanted to do some hand prints for Christmas gifts for parents. Since there are only 25 kids between the two classes, and I was able to trade a months worth of tuition for my work and supplies, I didn't mind. It's always fun to get a little glimpse of what goes on at preschool and to see how C-2 behaves when he's not with me. Most of the hands turned out great, I had some bubbles and other little flaws to fill in, but it wasn't too bad. I also ended up doing these same things for our old ward's cub scouts. I had to buy bigger trays because 8 & 9 years old hands were way too big to fit in the trays I had. I also did my scouts, thank goodness there are only 5 of them. After C-2's Christmas program, Ms. Margo handed out the hand prints and told the parents to open them because she wanted to see their reactions. I must admit, I was very anxious to see reactions as well. I watched one mom hold the hand print right up to her face, looking very intently at it for quite a while. I would have to stay that I think she liked it, ALOT.

I also drove to Centerville in a blizzard, so I could take some impressions for my friend Kathie from Dr. Bailey's office. Kathie has a brand new grand daughter and couldn't wait to have some impressions done. Baby Hannah was a perfect patient and didn't fuss or wiggle much during the "procedure". I did have a few fingertips and fingernails to fix, but they turned out very well.







I also spent a few late nights making suckers to give to a few neighbors and friends of my boys. The Guy's family is having a progressive dinner on Monday night so I thought everyone could take a few suckers home with them after dessert at our house. I also made some very delicious pumpkin chocolate chip bread, of which, I did not take a picture. You'll just have to take my word for it, it looked and tasted fantastic!