I Have Potential Snowfall Envy

They are calling for our third big snowfall in the past six weeks and all I can think is how I wish we would get more.  We are supposed to get 6-10 inches here, but my sister up in Northern VA is supposed to get anywhere from 16 to 24 inches!  It's time like these that I wish we had a 4WD.  I would definitely be on my way up there to get snowed in with them.  Oh, well.  I can't really complain about the snow here because I am grateful that we have seen this much snow in the past year.  This will be our 4th big snowfall in less than a year.  The boys have defnitely made good use of the sleds we bought last year.

The only downside I have about all the snow right now is how long the boys have been out of school.  Jacob has been out all week and since the snow is coming tomorrow, I would bet $100 that they will go ahead and cancel it, too.  By the time this next snowfall is all cleared out, it may be almost two full weeks that he's been home.  Now, I love having snow days as a grown-up just as much as I enjoyed them as a kid, but it would have been nice for the two weeks off to be spread out a little further apart. 

And you would think with us being stuck at home all week that I would be caught up on my cleaning?  Um, no.  And I don't really have a good reason for that, either.  Maybe I will get my tail in gear for week number two at home.  Or maybe I'll just keep myself busy pouring many cups of hot chocolate.  :)

New Year, New Post

Yes, it's true.  I'm finally updating our blog.  I know, it's been too long!

Where to start???  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Georgia with all of our family.  My sister and I were awake for a straight 36 hours for Thanksgiving day and Black Friday.  Here's a picture of us at Wal-Mart at 3:07 am.  We had just been given our lucky ticket ensuring us of the item we were waiting in line for.  Oh, the things we do for our families!

And of course, my favorite part of Thanksgiving (other than the Black Friday shopping with my sister & Mom!) was getting to see my Grandfather.  As I tell Jacob, Grandpa is one of my most favorite people in the world.

Then, there was Christmas!  My most favorite time of the year!  Even with Dylan not feeling well, he still got the house all decked out.  It looked beautiful!

We actually spent Christmas back home this year.  It was wonderful!  We stayed at my parents' house and I think they really enjoyed having the boys there for Christmas morning.  Both the boys were really excited to open all of their presents and I think they truly enjoyed each and every thing they opened.  It was funny to watch Daniel open his presents.  He would start off slow and then when he would get a peek at what was inside, he would start tearing it open and get really excited.  We got to go over to see Dylan's Nana, Mom & Donald on Christmas Day, too.  Then, my sister and her family came into town the day after Christmas.  Here's a picture of all the grandkids together:

On to New Years!  We had another exciting New Years Eve right here at home!  The boys woke up just in time to see the ball drop and make some noise.  When we first brought Daniel down and sat him on the couch, he stayed asleep while he was sitting up.  It took him a little while to wake up and get into it.  Within five minutes after midnight, he was heading back upstairs to bed.  Jacob wanted to stay up the rest of the night, but finally settled back in to bed once I went to asleep and showed him that yes, the party is really over.  :)

Here are the boys with their noisemakers:

And that brings us up to 2010.  The only thing new that has happened so far is that Daniel is now in preschool.  He only goes 3 days a week and he just started last week.  He has really been enjoying it.  We're hoping to get him into a pre-K program for next year, but we'll see.  Here are a few pics of him on his first day of preschool.  He looks so grown up, I can hardly stand it!

Such a big boy!

Giving me his "big smile".

And, finally, showing off his new Batman backpack.

Well, I think that gets us all caught up.  Right now, we are enjoying a snow day here at home.  And I better enjoy it while it lasts - looks like everything is melting out there and the kids will be headed back tomorrow!