seedlings

ketchup

Out of the many pictures I have of Deacon asleep in his highchair, these are now at the top of my favorites list.  1 Corn dog + ketchup = one HUGE mess.

And yes, he is dead asleep.

they have some ridiculous moves

 

silly boys

more snow pictures

Here are some pictures of the boys out in the snow yesterday.  While Deacon looks completely underwhelmed don't be fooled.  The minute you'd take him out of the sled he'd cry and beg to get back in.  This continued until I sent him down a hill a bit too fast and he did a roll-over, face planting in the snow.  Then, he was done.

Cade had a blast sledding down the street.  Although his first run almost resulted in my heart attack as he careened down the hill without any previous lesson on how to steer, slow down, or if necessary, bail out.  He narrowly missed a parked truck.  Whoopsie.

photographs by cade

 "king dome""self portrait"
"king dome rubble"
"deacon and the glowing rat"

say "cheese!"

Give Deacon a camera and he'll entertain himself for a good 20 minutes (which is a lifetime to a 20 month old).  He'll turn it on and talk into it like a phone, "Hi" "Cheese!" snap!

This goes on again and again, for apparently, 178 times.  That's how many pictures we have of these images (or varieties of them).

today's weather

Snow!!

 

 

friday night: belated birthday

On Friday we headed to a friend's house for "Friday Night Spaghetti Dinner" night.  Before leaving, we had one of the most beautiful sunsets, the ENTIRE sky was pink.  This "Friday the 13th Sunset" even made the evening news.

After having a delicious dinner with our dear friends, Bob and Karin, they pulled out a birthday cake for me.  I got to blow out candles and everything!

Another great part of the evening was how well the kids behaved.  It's so nice to be able to let the kids head to the basement, fairly confident that there will be no fighting, crying, mayhem.  They watched a movie, read, and even had decent table manners.

the anthem

 

oranges