Snowicane

When my friend Patrice told me that they were calling our latest snow storm a Snowicane I just laughed.  Where do they come up with this stuff!   Anyway, we have gotten A LOT of snow.  I think about 18 inches has come down so far and it's still snowing.  The kids are loving it.  I think Christopher could live in Alaska because he can stay out in the snow forever and never get tired or cold.  He will fall down in the snow face first and just smile.  Michael, on the other hand, really doesn't like getting snow in his face, but otherwise he loves the snow.  Annie lasts about 5 mintues and has to come in for a warm bath.  :)  I took Jacob out in it yesterday and he was mesmerized by the big, white flakes.  The boys spent the morning helping Jeff dig us, and the neighbors, out of the snow.  School, of course, was cancelled today.  When they miss a day they have to add it on to the end of the school year.  I'm afraid, at this rate, they are going to be in school till July!!

Snow angels

The kids "kingdom" , as they were calling it.

Fruit anyone?

Jacob looks like he's running a fruit stand in this picture.

Sponge rollers

Oh, I remember the days of sleeping with sponge rollers in my hair. For some reason I don't remember it being uncomfortable, although you would think it would be. That day has finally come....and gone...for Annie. We tried it for the first time last Saturday night. She actually left them in and carried the bag around all night calling them her "curlies".  

But in the morning it looked like this.  I think we'll have to wait until her hair is longer to try again so I can use the bigger curlers and it won't be so frizzy.  It was fun though.

My favorite age

I think there is something about every age that is so fun. Christopher and Michael are in a fun age where they are more independent. They can get their own snacks, Christopher can make his own sandwiches and Michael tells the best best time stories. Annie is in that fun, and sometimes challenging, 2 year old time when she is becoming very imaginative and will either laugh, or cry, about everything. :) But if I had to pick a "favorite" age it would be the age Jacob is in right now, 3-5 months. He isn't mobile yet and so I can sit and hold and snuggle and squish him as much as I want, and he loves it!! But, unlike a newborn, he is responsive and will smile and coo (but not talk back) and give you all the assurance you need that being a mother really is the best job in the world!!

4 Months Old

I haven't posted enough about our cute little Jacob lately. He is such a good baby and so easy to take care of. Everyone loves to just hold him and snuggle him all the time. He is 4 months old and growing so fast. He hasn't had his check-up yet so I'm not positive on his weight but according to our house scale he weighs almost 15 pounds. He sure does like to eat. :) He is very patient with his brothers and sister who love to be touching and kissing him all the time. He has the best smile and will even give a little chuckle once in a while. He's not sleeping through the night, but honestly, that doesn't bother me. He's still so little and I know he likes his middle of the night feedings so I don't mind accommodating. I've just accepted the fact that I will never sleep all the way through the night again, oh well. :)

I love this picture of the boys


Annie loves Jacob so much. I think he is going to pass her up in size before too long. :)

"Help me mom!" This picture cracks me up cause Annie is trying to give him his binki and you can tell he's a little worried. But he is so patient with her.

Snow Day

We've always noticed that they cancel school when it snows in New Jersey. Now we are experiencing it. Christopher was home today for his first "snow day". The kids wore their pajamas inside out last night so that it would snow more. I was surprised at how much snow really did come down. And, we just got the call that school is cancelled again tomorrow. WHAT!! So we get to have more fun tomorrow. Today we made O'Henry's, drank hot chocolate, watched a movie and, of course, play in the snow a lot.

Christopher's first order of business was to go out and "eat the snow that fall's on my tongue."

We started to make an igloo, but Jacob woke up from his nap, so we'll have to finish tomorrow.

And the biggest hit was the homemade sledding hill I made of piled up snow. It was tiny but they could have played on that for hours.

Creative Christopher

Christopher is getting more and more creative lately. Tonight he wanted me to come upstairs because he had a game for me to play. When I got up there I saw this:

He had this sticky note on his dresser and said I had to find the rest of his name on other sticky notes.

I found one inside the toy box and another was on the under side of a book shelf.

Then I had to put them all together.
I love how he didn't just write his first name on one note and last name on another note, but he broke it up between 3 different notes.

Also, Christopher is the Star Student of the Week at school this week. This is him filling out the info about himself. His drawing here says he wants to be a farmer when he grows up. He's been sticking with this profession for a while now, so we'll see. :) He gets to be the helper all week and he was so excited about it. I love kindergarten and all the fun things they do to help them love learning.

More cute

If you thought Michael was cute doing the 1st Article of Faith (and he WAS adorable), then you'll love this!! Annie was telling me she wanted to do "Believe". I wasn't sure what she was saying at first until she said Holy Ghost and then I realized that she kind of had this memorized also. It's amazing what little kids can learn.