holiday fun

We've just been so stinking busy having fun the last few weeks that we haven't had time to post. Here are some of the highlights.

Our family morning run has turned into a family morning fiasco now that the weather has turned cold (in the mornings at least.) Instead of throwing the kids in the stroller and hitting the black top, we wrap the kids in an extra pair of jammies, hats, coats, gloves, boots, favorite snugly blanket and ratty old stuffed animal, hot chocolate sippy cups and bag o' cheerios...and then hit the black top. (And within a few hours the temperature has jumped from 23 to 58 and we trade our boots in for sandals.)

...after which they prefer to be rolled in the door and parked in front of the PBS morning line-up. (That's for those of you who were tempted to think "wow, they get up and run together as a family every morning?" No one's perfect. Not even me. Seriously. I'm not. I let them sit there for hours while I get things done.)

 

I lost the kids at the park, so I ordered some new ones. Here they are, fresh out of the box. You can't even tell the difference except that these ones might be EVEN cuter (if that's possible), plumber's crack and all.

 

We made our own Christmas tree ornaments this year. It's been the highlight of Whitney's life so far. We've repainted them four times now at her request.

 

My little budding artist...

And we had a significant snow fall early this month. It was a slice of heaven for the kids. And not a small one. I wish I knew how to upload video--they were so excited...