Tutu Cute

36 Big Ones

Dinner out with the family, then home for presents and yummy cake all a great birthday make. Makes creeping into my late-30s worthwhile! :) The birthday fun continues tomorrow night with an adult dinner out at my favorite restaurant, Harvest, and a symphony performance.

Snow Day!

Both kids were off from school today due to our 3-4 inches of fresh snow. We went out to enjoy it!

Charlotte wanted to catch snowflakes on her tongue

...and bury herself in snow.

Not to be outdone by his sister, Nicholas buried himself too

Not sure how this is fun...but apparently it is!

The master snow-angel-creator

What form!

The final result. Big brother and little sister angels.

Both kids LOVE taking pictures in this tree and always request them.

After some playtime (and shoveling our own driveway), we went across the street to do Gloria's. Nicholas started on the sidewalk.

Then he gave Charlotte some shoveling advice.

Somehow she ended up trying to shovel the grass instead of the sidewalk!

It only takes a few minutes for the kids to get tired of shoveling, so I took over for the driveway while Nicholas played snow-soccer. Charlotte just sat as I shoveled around her. I think she was tired and hungry for lunch!

But still smiling!

Rosy cheeks and sweaty, hat hair are a sure sign of a fun, snow-filled morning. We love snow!

The Princess Bride

Guess who found my veil??

New Year's Resolution

One only has to glance at my post count for 2008, 2009 and 2010 to realize that 2010 was NOT the year of the blog. But I vow to be back on track this year and hopefully back fill when I can. So hound me if I fall behind!

Family Tree Project

2010

2008

It's something I don't love working on (inevitably it gets finished in the wee hours of the morning), but I love having the final project. Charlotte's preschool teacher does an "All About Me" book in September, part of which is the Family Tree. I have experience with exactly this project from when Nicholas had Ms. Sally in 2008...so I knew what I was in for when Charlotte brought this literacy bag home! Despite the digital age we live in, it's amazingly hard to find pictures of all the cousins in family groups, aunts and uncles by themselves next to each other...and pictures of Tom and me without sunglasses! I'll have to keep that in mind next summer as I prepare for Family Tree 2011!

Our House

Assignment - "Draw a picture of your house"

This is Charlotte's interpretation. My personal favorite part is the "big, tall bear" on the left side. I asked her about that and she said "Oh, that's just for pretend."