Snow Day!

They were really excited to go outside and play in the snow.

I obliged them by dressing them up, walking them out, then swiftly returning inside to my warm cup of coffee and blanket.

I took a few pictures...from inside of course.

They didn't last long - the snow was fun but the freezing rain slapping their faces apparently wasn't. They traded in the snow pants for curling up in sleeping bags, watching movies and drinking hot chocolate - a good trade I would say!

Happy Birthday Mr. Alex!

My little boy is three - I don't have a baby any more :(

Dinosaurs, cars, trucks and books - what more could a boy ask for on his birthday...

...well, maybe some chocolate cake.

Newborn

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Christmas 2011

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas! I'm a little late posting pics.

Christmas morning bedhead

Checking out what Santa brought

Relaxing after a hard day

Visit with Santa

My darling kids posing in front of the tree

A visit with Santa...but neither kid would talk to him. They were happy to sit on his lap, but they wouldn't tell him Merry Christmas and they wouldn't say what they wanted. ???

A Post Entirely About Hair

Who is that HANDSOME BOY and GROWN UP GIRL?!?

Ryanne has been begging for short hair for months and I kept saying no. Well, I never said no, I just said "Are you SURE?" and then never made her a hair appointment, which is the same as saying no I guess. But when she asked again, I figured 1) It's just hair, 2) It will grow back, and 3) I dictate so many of her choices (by necessity) that she doesn't have much control over many aspects of her life. If she wants to pick out her own clothes and choose her own hairstyle, then who am I to tell her otherwise? So, one salon appointment later they both have brand new short cuts and look adorable. Ryanne especially can't stop grinning and loves her new haircut.

What I enjoy most about these pictures is not that Ryanne was able to take a break from her very busy schedule of playing Angry Birds on the ipod to pose for pictures, but that she managed to drag two separate unsuspecting and clearly displeased animals into the shots with her. Ryanne: "Mom, mom! Take a picture of me with Stanley. Ready Stanley? SMILE!" Stanley: "WTF. I'm trying to nap here."

"I'm gonna eat some cheese. Then you'll be sorry."

"Mom! Mom! Take a picture of me with Miss Kitty Fantastico! Ready Kitty?" Kitty: "WTF. I'm trying to nap here."

"If I still had claws, I would cut you. Instead, look forward to Hairball-palooza tomorrow morning."

Ryanne put on some of her fancy dress-up duds and practiced her poses for me today while Alex napped.