I have never lived where it snows (If you don't count the fact that I spent my first year of life in Alaska.) I think it's beautiful and I wish I was a better photographer and could really capture the beauty outside my window.

I took this picture on Wednesday afternoon. I went out and stuck my ruler into the snow in the yard and the ruler was completely buried! This is by far the most snow I have ever been in.

This morning the sun came out and there is blue sky overhead. The field just sparkles!

Attacked by stickers!

So I leave Emma in the same room with Daniel for a little while this morning while I am teaching Noah his reading lesson. I didn't go in and check on them, because they were both laughing. Well I went in and Emma had covered Daniel in stickers! He wasn't to upset about it as you can see!

Snow!

This weekend we got our first snow of the season! The kids were so excited to go out and play. Emma has not like the snow in the past but this year with the encouragement of Noah she went out and really had a lot of fun. We got 4-6 inches over the weekend and it has been really cold so it has not melted.

Gingerbread Houses

We have a family tradition that we have taken from Kendall's family. We decorate gingerbread houses. Well, we use graham crackers instead of making gingerbread. (I haven't been ambitious enough to try making my own gingerbread, maybe next year.) So here are a few photos from this years activity.
Kendall and Noah hard at work on their houses.

Daniel was so cute. He found the flash on the camera funny so he would start laughing every time I went to take his picture. Here he is enjoying a pretzel.

Kendall's finished house.

Here's Emma and I working on our houses (and a good look at the back of Noah's head).

Noah's finished house, looks a little crooked!

So we don't give our kids sugar before they are a year old, so Daniel had to be satisfied with pretzels. As you can see, he wasn't to upset about this.

Emma's is just getting started with her house in this picture. She was so excited to do this. She kept giggling and smiling. It was a lot of fun!

Dinner Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Dinner Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Daniel is 9 months

Daniel is now 9 months old. He weighs in at about 20 pounds and has 4 teeth. He has recently started pulling himself up and has mastered crawling the "real way". He loves the phone as you can see in the pictures. The only was I could get him to sit still long enough to take pictures was to give him the phone...then he was all smiles!

It seems like just yesterday that Daniel was smaller then this duck.

Here he is trying to call a buddy to come and play.

The 20 Minute Nap

My son has changed his napping habits this past couple of weeks. One 20 minute nap in the morning and another 20 minute nap in the afternoon. It's driving me crazy! I spend ten minutes nursing him then lay him down only to have him wake up ten minutes later. I've tried just letting him cry it out but that's NOT working! He has learned to pull himself up in the crib and just stands there screaming. So you can imagine just how much I am getting done at home. The only time he will sleep longer is if I sit and hold him while he naps. Who has time for that? He is getting a new tooth, so maybe this will pass soon. The up side of short naps is he does sleep all night. So I guess it's not so bad. I just get frustrated when I see so much that needs to be done and it gets really stressful to have a baby following you around crying for attention.