sledding with Wonka

I will be shocked if we don't have a white Christmas this year! It started snowing this weekend and it hasn't stopped! We have at least 12 inches. On Monday, we braved the weather to hang out with Grammar and Wonka. We packed the sled and Reagan's snowsuit so she could play outside. She had a great time!

The snow was so deep that they had to stop and dump out the sled! Reagan loves to be outside and is having such a great time in the snow. Personally, once Christmas is over, I am ready for the summer weather again.

the gingerbread failure!

Reagan loves to do projects and with the arrival of winter, I have been trying to think of fun things we can do together. What better holiday project than a gingerbread house!!! I had never built a gingerbread house, so being naive, I thought it would be a easy little project. HA!

I bought a premade kit (possibly mistake #1). When we opened it, 4 of the 6 pieces were broken. Daddy said it was going to be a waste of time. I was not going to give up that easily! So I told daddy to "glue" the pieces back together with icing (maybe we could call this mistake #2). The icing was exactly like toothpaste. Thick and extremely sticky. But we tried to work with it...

And things worked pretty well for a while. But as we tried to decorate things just went downhill...

So after Reagan had eaten way too much candy and the walls and roof collapsed, I threw our gingerbread house in the trash. So it was a wonderful idea of a holiday activity but it just didn't turn out the way I planned. Definitely the thought that counts on this one!!

my boys

It's snowing!

Reagan has been soooooo excited about the snow. Excited isn't even the right word... overwhelmed with child-like joy and enthuasiam is more like it. It so sweet that it actually makes me forget about my hatred for it (for a few minutes anyway). So she stands in the window and gives me constant snow forecast updates throughout the day. She begs and begs to go outside to play. Its too cold to take Liam outside, so I always tell Reagan that she can play outside when daddy gets home. Unfortunately for daddy, he can't even get all the way in the door after work before she is getting her coat on!

She's always been an outdoor girl. Definitely didn't get that from me!

So excited while getting bundled up. Notice the dog and cat have invited themselves to play as well...

The amount of snow on the ground isn't really enough to play with! But she had a great time anyway. Daddy brought her in when she was shivering! I guess thats what happens when you EAT the snow.

She will be a lot of fun for sled-riding this year. Maybe we will actually go down some hills, instead of just pulling her around the yard!

2 months old!

Liam is officially 2 months old. Although I know that he will be more "fun" when he gets older, I feel like his babyhood is slipping away quickly! He is *most likely* our last baby so I am just trying to savor every moment of his little baby-ness.

He is still a moose too! At his well-check this morning he weighed in at 13 lbs 12 oz (90%) and was 24.5 inches (90%). So it looks like we have been blessed with a big healthy boy! The doctor confirmed, once again, that he is perfect. Its always nice to get a good report.

In other Liam news, he is smiling and cooing so much lately. When I hold him on my lap he will just smile and talk to me. I love it! His face just lights up and he has the most adorable dimples on his chubby cheeks. I hope to actually get a photo of it someday.