Frigid Temperatures

Well...as I sit and type this, I am listening to the wind howl outside the window. It has been snowing all day and is supposed to continue through tomorrow. Currently the wind chill puts us at 30 below. BURRRR!!! We are trying to stay warm with our sweaters and snuggled up in blankets. On both our front and back doors, ice has formed on the inside along the bottom. Inside our home it really isn't cold, unless of course you are sitting by a door. The weather has created some havoc this week with school being canceled on Friday, even for David. Luckily he didn't have any finals to give that day, so he won't have to arrange make up times. Church has also been canceled for tomorrow because of the weather. We're used to the amount of snow we are getting, but definitely not the wind chill. Just typing about it makes me want a cup of hot cocoa.

PDC

At our house when the kids do something we think is pretty darn cute we say PDC and Scott knows what that is. Sometimes he will even say that Sopie is being PDC.

Last night Scott said the prayer for Family Home Evening. It was too cute not to share. "Heavenly Father, thank you for us making the poky tree [our Christmas tree] and the soft tree [the one we made from paper]. And thank you for mommy and daddy being good and doing what I say. And name of Jesus Christ amen."

Another PDC moment came at bed time when he said he was scared of the dark. I sang "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music and David and I told him some of our favorite things to remember that make us feel happy and not scared. Then while holding up one finger at a time Scott said, "My favorite things are flowers, dinner, Christmas trees, dressed up in imagination, and most of all water, swimming, and finding nice animals."

3 Years Old

Scott turned 3 in November. I cannot believe how fast it has gone. Everyday he seems more grown up and able to out-smart us. It has been fun to watch him move into this new stage of development. Aside from his attempts at being sneaky, one of the most noticeable changes has been his conversations.

A few of my favorite phrases have been:
"Daddy! You are the biggest man I've ever, ever seen!"
"It looks like a mouse or rat scurrying around." (Said after we saw something run in front of the car as we were backing out. I think it looked like a opossum."
"Sophie looks very concerned."
"I will go to the potty by myself. See, I did it. I can go potty by myself. I can go to primary now."

Here are some pictures from his fun birthday celebration!


Hugs for Sophie after he opened the Etcha-Sketch from her.

Scott was so excited when UPS delivered a package just for him. Thanks to family and friends near and far who made his day special!


Hungry Hippos was a huge hit! We had given it to him before breakfast and so therefore, we played it during breakfast. It was also a big hit with our friends he invited to share cake and icecream with us.

Scott wanted a fish cake. He and David decorated it with lots of different colors. It was definitely loaded with sugar. Scott loved licking the dasher of his homeade chocolate icecream. It's a tradition in my family that we've carried into ours.

The kids chased eachother with balloons and basically had a balloon fight...bopping eachother. Scott loved every minute of it! He calls our friends his Minnesota cousins. Sophie enjoyed watching the action too.

Family Tummy Time

Here's to my boys! They were trying to motivate Sophia in keeping her head up during tummy time. Pretty cute if you ask me. Scott loves to "show" Shopie how to do things. And check out that beautiful face. Need I say more.

"Crunching"

Whenever it snows Scott asks to "crunch in the snow." He loves to play in it which is good because we'll have a lot of it. :) The majority of his time outside was spent in chasing me with snow in his hands and yelling "SNOWBALL FIGHT!"


Here he is with the snowman we built. Okay...so I did most of the rolling, but he found the rocks for eyes, put the snow ears on, and decided he wanted a carrot nose. After all that cold we enjoyed some delicious hot chocolate together. One of Scott (and David's) favorites. We'll have to play in the snow again when Daddy isn't at work and can join us.