Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Aunt 'Wissa'

Kathleen made her very first full meal (with only a little help from mom). Can you believe it? Spaghetti, green beans, and toasted bread. This is what my boys do in the mornings. I guess it is never too early to wrestle.
Smoothies. Apparently all the rage at our house.
For some reason every time Cody wears this shirt, he does this:
Kathleen got her first taste of ice skating. Let me tell you, I never thought she would come home. But my arm did get pretty sore from catching her whenever she slipped.

Boys in their matching church clothes.

Kathleen and mom matched too. Black with our new Christmas sweaters. Okay, we don't really match. But we thought we did.

Kathleen never ceases to surprise me. I was volunteering in her class last week when I got another one of said surprises. When I get there, the kids are all coming in from recess and they sit on the floor while their teacher sits in a special chair and reads them a story. Well, this time Kathleen sat in the chair. I started to wonder what she was doing when the teacher sat down and next thing I know, Kathleen is reading to the class a book she brought from home. I guess they worked it all out that morning. It was so cute. But I didn't have my camera. So i took this picture when we got home. Oh, and she is wearing a Red Sox shirt. I thought that was important to mention.
Making Brownies:
Lego's:

Oh, here is where Aunt "Wissa" comes in. Alyssa came to visit for the weekend. Cody can't really say his 'L' sound. So Lissa became Wissa for the weekend. Here she is playing a Dr. Seuss game with the kids. She is holding a fan between her knees.

Kathleen is crawling under the trick-a-ma-stick with a ball in her shirt. Fun game.
Kathleen made a snowman out of our exercise balls and the dart board.
Kathleen had to take a picture of mommy. You know how I love posting pictures of myself. But when a child is involved, I am helpless.
Boys with spiked hair:
Wissa and Lego's:
I walked into the room and found this: Kathleen reading to Cody.
Or, as Cody says, "Mom, I have SCARY eyes!"

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Our Snowy Adventures

We decided to take a trip to Spokane. However, the day we were scheduled to leave, we woke up to this: We were fortunate enough to be able to leave the next day. When we arrived, there was an easy 40" of snow scattered around all of the city, not counting the berms on the side where plows have pushed snow up. We even had the pleasure of getting stuck more than once. Fun, fun.


Wii Mario Kart:


Our coordinating Christmas PJ's.
Sledding off the berm to the driveway: (A berm is a raised barrier separating two areas) Just for you mom.


Cody and Garret had a lot of fun together.



The kids set up a table in the hall at Grandma and Grandpa's and played animals on it almost the entire time we were there.
Me and my mommy:
Sledding on a real hill:
Grammy and Cody:
Cody discovered that he LOVED sliding down the hill on his belly instead of a sled.

Dipping Oreo's in chocolate with Grandma:
Kaylee and Kathleen are best buds.
Watching Chuck; best day ever!
We had to leave a day early due to an expected nasty storm rolling in. There was no snow on the way home. But it was really cold and windy. At some points we couldn't see the road at all from the snow blowing so badly.
Then we came home to this: That's right. No snow except a little in the front yard left over. It was nice to be out of the crazy snow.
But not for long. I guess we brought some home with us.