snow days, yuck! ***updated***

Gabe finally started pre-k yesterday, see?



He had alot of fun, he goes in the afternoons (the bus picks him up at about 11:20), and he rides the same bus as Kaleb in the afternoons. He was all excited, looking foward to today, as was I (I have some Christmas stuff to do!) So, on a day when both of the boys should be in school, why are they doing this??



Because of this!!! YUCK YUCK YUCK!!



Okay...this one was taken at about 8am.....

and this one was taken at 1pm, during a brief break from the snow fall....we've already hit about 2 1/2 inches today

and this one is out back at 8am......

and out back at 1pm...

It's even worse then it looks. It snowed all day yesterday, and we ended up with between 3 and 4 inches on the ground. Then, it rained all night, which turned the snow into a slushy, icy, frozen disaster. And now, it's snowing again (as you can see in the pics) and covering up all that ickiness underneath. They are predicting another 2 to 3 inches of accumulation for today. This is just not good!!!

I have kids that wanted to go to school, and now can't even go outside. They are bored, and all the presents I wrapped yesterday and put under the tree are proving to be difficult to resist for them, so I have to guard them all-day-long. Is it time for Tyrone to get home from work yet?!?!

merry, merry Christmas

the many faces of shiloh

Shiloh decided she wanted to ham it up for the camera today. She would pose, wait for me to take her pic, and then want to see it on the screen. She's so silly. These are my favs out of the 20 or 30 pics we took playing around :)

Decorating the tree!

funny things my boys say

I think this one will be mostly things Gabe has said....he's kinda been on a roll here lately.

**Out of the blue, Gabe says "Mom, kids aren't human, right?"....(I had to bite my tounge, hard!)

**Gabe had a balloon. He got it firmly in both hands, held it in front of his face, and said "Hello, my dear!"

**Gabe fell off the couch. I asked him what happened. He said "I dropped myself!"

**The other day I made a whipped sweet potato bake from leftover Thanksgiving stuff. Gabe really liked it. He ate it, and then stared at his plate. After a few minutes, he said "I think I want to lick my plate." Then, he wrinkled his forehead in concentration and looked at his plate harder. A moment later he said "Yep, I do!"....and then he licked it. Gross.

Domino and I were minding our own business...

When Tyrone decided to sneak attack us with the camera. Shame on him! lol Anyway, Melissa was asking for a pic of me, so here it is, thanks to my husband.



By the way, we are in love with Domino, he's the best!

SUCCESS!!

Look what we scored on Craigslist yesterday! Anybody that's talked to me much at all knows that I was obsessed with finding bunk beds for the boys' room, and now we have them! Their room is not super big, but now it's perfect for them! I'm sooooo excited!