Bilzzard!

Yesterday, we had another snow storm, and this time it was a blizzard! At times, we actually had a white out where we couldn't see anything! Brendan was out of town so it was just me and the kids... Boy did I miss him! I think I came up with more games than I knew existed. We danced, read books, played the wii, baked, played hot potato, and it even got to the point where I was letting the kids waste diapers while trying to put them on their stuffed animals all by themselves. Yeah, we still have diapers. My infamous poop picture was a one time deal. Addie is still wearing big girl undies until it's time to go number 2, and then she wants a diaper.

Last night was the finale of Friday Night Lights, so my dad braved the roads in his truck and picked us up. We spent the night at Nona and Papa's! This morning Chris wasn't feeling well, so we came home and we're trying to get him feeling better... Brendan was able to find a snowboard on his trip, so he needs to get well so he can try it out!

Don't mind Addison being nakie... She tried to fool me. She's too smart. I told her it was too cold to take off her footed jammies, so she told me she was taking them off to poop on the potty. Imagine my excitement! Then, she darted over to my mom and asked her to paint her toenails. Don't worry Brendan and Joanie, my mom bought some kid nail polish.:) I could tell that girl had a plan the whole time... she needed her toes done to match her fingers!





Look at Chris's light sabre!!! That is an icecycle off of my parent's garage!

Fun times!

After the blizzard, we had a few days where we were able to get out of the house before round two of the storm. Todd and I have made a playroom at Nanny and Pappy's house for the kids in the basement. Their basement is unfinished, so it's nice because the kids can ride bikes and scooters when it's cold outside. Nanny is on oxygen at all times... Imagine how shocked I was when I looked up and there she was standing at the bottom of the stairs of the basement... She had to see her great-grandbabies! I almost freaked though and thought I was in big trouble if we didn't get her back up the stairs safely! Luckily, she had a burst of energy and all was well...







I didn't have much luck with the camera that day! Thanks Uncle Dave for the happy meals... it looks like the kids enjoyed them! But I could have gone without you teaching Chris to "flick." My cheek has been red ever since this day! Ugh!

The kids have continued to enjoy our American Idol parties. They crack me up- This week during Hollywood week they really had the ability to pick if the people would be cut or not. Addie looked at me one time and said, "That's awful." She was right-the girl got sent home! Ha!

Sometimes it's really embarassing that she can talk so well. We were at the grocery store and we were being checked out. Addie walked right up to the guy bagging our groceries and said, "Hey Big Guy!" He looked at her like she was crazy so she kept saying it clear as day. When we were walking out to the car, Chris had picked up on it... He said, "Mom, that was the funniest thing ever. Did you hear Addie saying, "Hey Big Guy?".

SNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!

Did we move to Alaska and someone just forgot to tell me??? Seriously- this is getting to be ridiculous! We had another snow storm and we got about 31 inches of snow~ and more is coming this week! I've vented enough about hating cold weather, but we have actually had a fun weekend. Brendan's been home and I'm pretty sure he and Chris have logged about 12 hours of sledding. They have built jumps and Chris has learned to get "AIR" and loves it. He even goes down with his hands in the air like he's riding a roller coaster. Addie is more like her mama and doesn't like being cold. She and I have had lots of "girl time" and we've made homemade cookies, snow ice cream, and gotten some projects done around the house. Today, Nona, Papa, Todd, Sarah, and the boys came over for some family sleigh riding... and vegetable soup. It was fun to get together and hang out! My camera is still at Nanny's... but enjoy these pictures!

MIA

So, I've been a little MIA lately... Keeping up with two blogs is proving to be harder than I thought... I left my camera at Nanny and Pappy's house and need to swing by to get it... Blogs just aren't as fun without pictures, so I've been a slacker. I guess I can post some oldies but goodies just for fun!:)











Of course, the kids still continue to crack us up... Addie got to have a "girlfriend" over this week and she had a blast playing actual girl things... like princess dress-up, babies, and barbies. She was so excited. She has been really into playing board games lately... and especially Connect Four. When I sat down to play with her, I said, "Ok, who goes first?" She said, "Me, Mommy. Ladies go first!" Ha! When I was doing her hair this week, I asked her who gave her such beautiful hair. She has an answer for everything and always responds like she knows the exact answer. She quipped back... "Thanks. My God and the real Santa Clause gave me my hair, Mommy." She's never at a loss for words.:)

Chris has also had a fun week and he's keeping busy with daily activities. We've become Chuck-E-Cheese junkies. He still loves to watch American Idol with me. Chris, Addie, and I pile into my bed and watch it. In between auditions, Addie sings Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Chris thinks if the people get to go to Hollywood that they "joined." He will say, "Did they get to join?" He always tells Addie she joins. He has started to have a little smartness back to Brendan and I and we're working on that... but sometimes it's hard... Like when Brendan disciplines him. At my parents, Brendan lectured Chris. Chris was mad, so he looked at Brendan and said, "Why are you such a maniac?" He then knew he was in trouble and walked straight to the stairs for timeout without us saying a word. Maniac? Where did he come up with that one? When Brendan was leaving for work, Chris was upset and asking him not to go... Brendan was telling Chris he had to go to work to make money so we could live in our house, eat our food in our house, etc. Then Chris said, "Ok... Daddy you don't have to go- I love eating at Resturaunts, we can just eat there." Ha!

We also had a birthday dinner for Eric at my parent's house this weekend... and Chris got to stay to spend the night with Nona and Papa all by himself. He LOVED it. Mage, Jack, Chris, and Addie were all playing together great. They were running around a chair chasing each other and then Addie stopped them all and pointed to the ground. There was a piece of poop on the floor and someone had stepped on it and tracked it on my mom's wood floors- YUCK!!! We checked every childs' pants and everyone was clean... As Mage says, It's a mystery. It's the case of the missing poop.

Another fun visitor!

Yay- Uncle Sean had a layover at Dulles Airport and got to spend the night with us! The kids were in heavan and I'm sorry Joanie, but I think it was good birth control for Sean, so don't plan on any more grandbabies any time soon! Addie was allllll over Sean...



My mom always says how I liked older men when I was a little girl and that I would always love to watch the construction workers... Today, my mom was watching the kids and she was doing pretend make-up with Addie. Addie heard a guy stop by downstairs- he was there to for business with my dad... and Addie looked at my mom and in a prissy voice said, "I need to go downstairs so I can see that MAN!" Ha!



Chris was so excited, he got to get a new Wii game today... and Addie got an Easy Bake Oven (a Santa present we forgot about). Let's just say we need a little practice on our cooking skills!

Partyin' It Up

We had another fun day today....


So much for the posing.:)


We went to Blake's 4th birthday party... which was so much fun. He had a magician perform a magic show- and the kids loved it! It was complete with a bunny rabbit to pet!
Yeah- Chris is only a year older than most of these kids... Can ya spot him?!?


Later in the day we showed up at my parents house, and they took a hint and fixed dinner... and the whole gang was there. It was hilarious though- after a couple hours, my parents just said, "O.K., we're leaving. We're going to Pottery Barn." We all started cleaning up and were joking that they were shooing us out. Then they joked that they are going to start doing that every week... it was the first time we helped clean up.:) HA!

Gram to the rescue...

This week, Brendan and I had to attend a funeral (RIP Papa Jack- we will love you and miss you forever)... so Joanie came up to help us out with the kids for a few days. Whenever she is here, I kind of "take off" for a few days. I sleep in, get errands done, rest, etc. because she takes over with the kids. Let me just tell ya, it's soooo nice... and Joanie, please know, I'm not that lazy all the time!!! She doesn't get to see them all the time, so when she's here, she's a bundle of energy, and I appreciate it so much!!!

She even went to a kickboxing class with me this week... Not bad for a Gram!:)

And of course she had the kids eating healthy- making ants on a log. She told Chris to count out 6 to 8 raisins for he and Addie... He thought she said 68!:)

More cooking....



We also got to make a trip to Fair Oaks Mall and we went to Build-A-Bear workshop for the first time... The kids LOVED it!!! We came home with a bear named Yoda and a dog named Doggy.:)




She also got to see Addie's ballet class and Chris at swim team... Thanks sooooo much for all of your help Joanie!!! We love ya and appreciate it more than you know!