Doesn't Happen Too Often

We very rarely get a photo of Jude where he's agreed to smile @ the camera. Here's a good one - what a cutie. I made his shirt with that iron-on paper you send through your printer. Our little boy is growing up too fast.

Wishful Thinking

Our hammock - sad, sad. I wish we could be laying out there right now..in our shorts..with a lemonade..and not be freezing our tails off! Oh well, wishful thinking. On a good note, the sun is shining as I write :)

Happy MLK Day

Last night I was getting my clothes ready for work today. Jackson said, "Mom, why do you have to work on 3 king's day?" I thought that was so cute. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jackson called it, "Marthen Lootnern Jr Day").

Looking forward to the inaguration tomorrow!

Our Snow Day Obsessions!

Jackson had a snow day on Wednesday; boy, I miss those :(. Anyway, Jackson thoroughly enjoyed zoning out to SpongeBob (who doesn't?) and Jude pulled his seat up to the window waiting for the snow plow to come past. It looks like Jackson will enjoy several more snow days before the end of school, which he reports he's been in for, "81 days so far."

Back to Basics

So Jeremy found an really old (I mean like 100 years old) cast iron skillet @ Gram's house. He asked to borrow it for an experiment. He brought it home, cleaned it up, and we put it on top of our wood stove. Yesterday we attempted making pancakes and eggs on it. It didn't work as well as we were hoping - our wood stove has several layers of filters the prevents the top from getting too hot - we still were able to pull off a few pancakes and an egg. It was fun - kinda primitive, but fun to experiment!

New Car

So we decided to update our vehicle situation and bought a new (new to us) vehicle over the holiday - it's a 2005 Toyota Matrix. It's just a little bigger than the Civics we're used to, but we really like it. Hopefully we won't have to purchase another vehicle for some time - it's stressful. Funny note: we currently have 4 vehicles because we're trying to sell our 2 older civics - any takers? Another funny note: it must run in the family because Dana and Nate also drive a Civic and a Matrix.

This photo was taken just a few hours ago - during the ice storm hence the glazed windshield.

Train

We promised the boys a ride on the infamous train @ the mall and we finally got to it. This was Jude's 1st ride on the train (not his last). Somehow he knew that the train went through a tunnel (actually through the Christmas tree). Jackson was such a good helper - of course, he's been on that train about a hundred times.

Waiting to get on the train

Coming through the tunnel