Snow Day

We had our first real snow last night and the boys were so excited this morning to go out and play in it.  One of the things I appreciate about our house is how I can let the boys play in the backyard and still see them while I stay in the warm house!  :)  

Emmett didn't stay out too long... I'm not sure if it was hard for him to walk or if he wasn't sure what to do or what, but he wanted to come in after a few minutes.  

At one point he got down on all fours to touch the slush on the porch and then couldn't get back up again.  :)  I had to go out and help him.  

Jackson stayed outside for a while, though!  He loved eating the snow and falling down and rolling around in it.  He also struggled to push his lawnmower through the snow for a while.  Here he is looking at all of the snow on our roof and then telling me that our house is dirty with snow and we need to wash it.  :)

Unfortunately, this snow was gone by early afternoon.  Hopefully there are many more fun snow days in our future this winter!

Not Too Shabby!

How's this for a first-ever school picture?  We have no idea how the photographer got him to sit still and smile perfectly like that, but oh my goodness... I could eat his face I love it so much!!  Now, I know that a three-year-old in two-day-a-week preschool does not really need a school picture, but after seeing this one I'm so glad that I ordered some!  Oh, how I love that precious little cutie!!

Halloween 2010

We had a fun Halloween weekend!  Phil and I went to an adult party on Saturday night and for our costumes I stole an idea from a friend on facebook.  Phil helped me paint my belly like a watermelon and we went as watermelon farmers.  I cut a hole in a white tank top to wear under my shirt to make sure that no bare skin was showing.  I didn't want any muffin tops poppin' out!

Whoa!  Didn't realize my shirt was so tight when I opened up my arms like that!  That button is about to pop!!  And that's a non-alcoholic O'Doul's beer in my hand... just so you know. :)

Then on Sunday I drove over to Ashland with some girlfriends to eat lunch and see a theater version of Pride and Prejudice.  The play was great and I really enjoyed seeing Ashland.  Phil and I haven't been there yet for some reason, even though it's only about 90 minutes away.  I look forward to going back.

I was able to make it back to our town in time to meet up with Phil and the boys for trick-or-treating.  J and E just loved it!!  Jackson was totally into it this year.  It was so great to see him so excited and having so much fun.  He was on a mission to go to every house with a light on, even if it meant leaving us in the dust! Phil and I had to walk a little slowly to keep up with our little "Toby".  We brought our wagon with us, but Emmett wanted to walk like his big brother.  Phil did pick E up and awkwardly carry him with his box on a few times, though. It was pretty cool that night and the wind was really chilly, but the boys didn't seem to mind.  We started trick-or-treating at a friend's house on our street and then worked our way back to our house, hitting about 15 houses on the way.  Jackson loved ringing the doorbells and saying "Trick-or-treating!" to everyone who answered.  And, of course, they both loved getting candy in their buckets.  They had death grips on those buckets... especially Emmett.  Thankfully, they forgot about the candy soon after we were done.

Here's Jackson leaving us in the dust again...  :)

After we finished trick-or-treating we took off the boxes and walked back down to our friend's house for some hot cocoa.  We didn't last long there, though, because Emmett was D.O.N.E.  Too much excitement for one day for him.  

The next day I realized that I didn't get any good pictures of the boys in their costumes, since I was gone for most of Halloween day.  So, crazy Mommy that I am, I made them put their costumes on again and pose for pictures.  It was literally impossible to get a good one of them together with their trains on.  Maybe next year!!  :) 

Now I don't know what to do with those costumes!  I hate to keep them, but it will pain me to throw them away.  Hope you had a great Halloween, too!