Elijah slept a little later than usual today. When he woke up he walked in the kitchen and said "Oh sorry, my alarm didn't go off". He doesn't have an alarm in his room.

building a snowman

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Elijah actually cooperated and let me get a picture with him

nathaniel's first time coloring

the story of our life this year

another snow storm
This was taken around midnight when it was blizzard conditions according to the local news

a few pictures of me and Nathaniel

Last week we made ice cream out of the fresh snow.
Elijah had to put non nonpareils in it.

a view of the backyard

"Mommy, we need to wake the sun up".
No son, you need to start staying asleep until the sun wakes up. :)

a little conversation today between Elijah and myself:

E: I have a great idea, let's watch a dvd
M: sure, what DVD?
E: you're favorite
M: which DVD is my favorite
E: the one with the boys and school and a fire truck
M: a Christmas Story?
E: yeah that's the one that's your favorite DVD

some of Elijah

playing dress up. Doesn't every astronaut wear a pumpkin on the head?

Some of Nathaniel

he's now proficient at climbing up on their little table so he can look out the window. quite the monkey.

Elijah sledding down the "mountain" in our backyard.

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Nathaniel's first time sledding.

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more snow

We had more snow come in through our area Friday and Saturday. Both boys seem to love snow. I enjoy making fresh cookies, hot cocoa and taking pictures of them from the door while daddy gets cold. :)

all bundled up before they go out to play.

This is from the snow we had right after Christmas. I think in total we had about 1 foot.
Nathaniel's first time in snow since he was sick every single time it snowed last year.
Elijah throwing a snowball at us

He looks like such a chub chub all bundled up

making snow angels