Snow!

We just had a good 'ol fashion Colorado dump. Snow fell non stop for almost 48 hours! We had a fantastic day! Daniel got to stay home and we made a yummy breakfast and just hung out in the snowy wonderland. I could not believe how much snow we got. I grew up here and we got these major blizzards once every few years but I was surprised to see it in Denver. Any who- we snapped a few pictures of our ventures. 

First attempt at shoveling the snow!

Alex helping! Here, its up to his back

It was tiring for my hubby! 

Notice the change in light. It took him over and hour and a half to clear just the driveway.  My Daniel is so strong :-) 

Day 2:

We had to go back out. Alex is much more excited this time around. Notice that we finally convinced him to wear gloves!!!!

Piled up to Daniels hip

His new smile :-)

Love it!! 

Our pile 

Now let us take a walk through all the tools one can use to clear snow:

One is the shovel as we all know

But did you know that a dirt loosener is also a new technique?! (I love this picture)

What are these things called? You stick it in the ground and twist it to loosen up dirt.... Anyway, Alex was clearing the snow away with it. 

And then there is the rake. Very effective... Maybe he'll grow up to be an inventor

Shoveling got boring so we practiced unlocking daddy's trunk!

I was amazed that he successfully put the key in the hole, twisted it and opened the trunk! Kid is too smart for his own good. 

Our back yard

THE SUN CAME OUT! 

Love smooth, clean, freshly fallen snow :-)

Aaaaannnnndddd We're Back....

Its been a while! Instead of a two month long explanation, I feel stories are best told with pictures. And who takes them better than the star of our family, Alex!? Well, that and his parents think he's the most adorable person on the face of the planet so we tend to focus on him :-) 

Our handsome boy ready for church 

He had a Fiber One bar as a snack on the way home from church... what's the worst that could happen, right?? :-) 

He was mad at his shirt and then got stuck... 

Still so handsome :-) 

He was dancing on the floor

"What's so funny mom? I gotta go help daddy."

Getting ready for church 

He loves stickers

Two pacifiers - one happy boy 

Love this picture!

Being just like daddy

Pregnancy update and videos are going to come. Just needed to appease a much respected and sadly disappointed brother-in-law. Please excuse our absence :-)

Zoooeeeee

Alex has recently learned to say the name of my parents dog :-)

First Snow!

Well, it wasn't exactly his first snow, but it was the first time he was able to actually play in it. Lets begin, shall we? First off, mama couldn't find his gloves - so we improvised with socks. He hated, I mean HATED the 'gloves'. He screamed when we put them on. He screamed with dad put his on. Strangest thing. So eventually we nixed the 'gloves'. 

We have split the pictures into 'pre-nap' and 'post-nap' for your enjoyment 

PRE-NAP:

Still getting used to the white stuff

Yup- there it is. What he did the entire time he was outside

Dad says 'whats your deal?'

 POST-NAP:

No gloves

He LOVED to shovel. Who knew?!

Daniel would get a scoop started and he'd push it

Being a big helper

Such concentration 

Look at my sweet little poof ball :-) 

It was heavy, wet snow and really hard to push- he did a good job though

This is him waving 'bye' to us because he was leaving to go get rid of the snow. 

Look at those rosy cheeks :-) I love him 

A video of the snow shoveling 

"Dad, my hands are cold and there is some white stuff on them..." 

Dad gets off the snow

And warms up the little frozen phalanges 

Alex's interpretation of Daniel warming up his hands :-) 

Daniel jumping in the deep snow

"I wanna come!!"

But really he wanted to be like dad and lay down in the snow 

Oh my gosh, I can't get over how adorable he is

Just me and dad 

Hangin out in the snow

Helpin' Mama

We had a glorious snow fall a little bit ago. So I decided to dust off the 'ol Kitchen Aid and make some cinnamon rolls. Alex loves nothing more than to help in the kitchen, so naturally he was my right hand man through the whole process. 

First you roll out the dough and then smash it with the empty cinnamon jar

Then you 'pat, pat' the cinnamon into the rolls

Ya, might as well get the whole arm involved. Make sure its good and stuck

Pat, pat the raisins in

He was much more interested in buttering the counter than posing for mama

Watch the oven and make sure they are baking

Eat a little breakfast while waiting (yes that is a lunchable - don't judge me:-))

Stir, stir the frosting

He really liked the oven mitt... who knew

All done!

Its chow time. One sippy has APJ and the other had hot chocolate...APJ won most of the attention