Shaving

Aunt Emily gave the boys a toy shaving kit for Christmas. It was a huge hit and the boys love bath time more than ever.

Now their cheeks are silky smooth.

He doesn't need to shave yet.

Snowy Days of Christmas Break

It snowed ... again.... and again...

But it sure is pretty. This is the view we wake up to these days.

Dan tore apart our ugly hall bathroom during his Christmas break (thanks dear!) We didn't make any huge changes but we did get a lot of bang for our buck. And of course I failed to get a good before picture. But imagine this pink atrocity with the sink below in it. Not very pretty and the sink is too large for the space.

So far we've spent about $75 on the new (used) cabinet and mirror, hardware and paint. Not bad eh? We still need to install a new light, paint the trim and dress it all up a bit.

Merry Christmas!

Future trumpet player?

Teamwork!

Isaiah and his look-alike Auntie Denise. Just a few hours after this picture was taken Denise received an amazing shiny diamond ring from her boyfriend Lendl. We are super stoked for them and can't wait for their wedding in May!

We went on a Christmas day walk - Patrick wasn't too happy about it.

Now that Christmas is over it's time for chocwat detox.

Have a happy New Year!

Does this snowsuit make me look fat?

For the few of you who are not Facebookers, here's a picture of Jack after he cut himself shaving last week. Really.

And Isaiah got to try rice cereal for the first time last week. It was not a hit but certainly fun to observe.

Winter days (here already?)

This guy had his 4 month checkup a week ago. He's healthy and huge. He weighed in at 17 lbs 3 oz which puts him in the 89th %. And he's almost 27 inches long - or is it almost 28? He's at the 96th (or 98th?) percentile. Either way - he's a big boy and I'm starting to pull out the 9 month clothes for him (which he does not have much of!)

Before the Big Snow.

After the Big Snow. Not the most ideal driving conditions for Thanksgiving.

Patrick's first shiner.

Sunset in God's Country. Taken from our front porch.

Timber!

Dan brought down all the half-dead aspen trees on our side yard and a pine in the back. Jack is very knowledgeable and skilled in tree felling and had a lot to inform me.

Graham crackers. Nuff said.

Just itching to move around with big brothers.

Growing up

Jack is our little man stuck in a child's body. Every morning when he wakes up (albeit in his fleece footy pajamas) he needs to shave with Daddy and put on his "oderant". The other morning at breakfast he wanted to read World magazine, just like I did. Before you think he's growing up too fast, he's staring intently at a picture of a lawn mower on that page. He's not quite ready for the political articles yet.

Later that morning he decided he wanted to make coffee.

And here's our happy Isaiah. He's not a tiny little thing anymore. Look how he fills in that bouncy chair. He just loves to watch everything going on around him and finds much to laugh at.

This isn't a particularly interesting picture but I had to include one with Patrick in it. I tend to feel guilty if I leave one of the boys out of a blog post. Jack and Patrick are really becoming good playmates. The past several days they'll just go off together and play. Usually Jack leads them in some adventure involving a tractor, rowboat, donkey, castle and a dragon. Usually all within the same journey. I'm really enjoying this new change in their playing habits and look forward to it developing more.