SNOW DAY!

So last week we finally got a snow day, including mommy!!!  YAY!  I was so excited to see enough snow that I could actually take the boys out to play and not just make it a horrible commute to work.  Peyton was ready to get outside at 8am, but I did hold him off until about 9:30…….

Of course, as soon as I got Jaxson dressed to look like this……..

He had to pee!  So, another 20 minutes later and we were dressed again and back outside!

Peyton was nice enough to shovel the snow in front of my car so I could get out the following day.

This was the best snow for making snowmen.  I think we had this guy built in 10 minutes!

Jason got to play on his new toy too!  Even though it wasn’t a very deep snow it was heavy so plowing the driveway and sidewalks was a lot nicer than shoveling.

And, of course, there was a little snowball action.

Peyton was so excited that this one actually hit right below Jason’s chin!

Until the next snow storm………………….

Merry Christmas 2010

Christmas Day 2010.  What a BUSY day, but I absolute LOVE having Santa visit.  Christmas is my favorite time of year and I love our traditions of making cookies, wrapping presents and going to Christmas Eve Church service with my boys. 

This year I did a great job getting my shopping done early, however, I didn’t wrap a thing until Christmas Eve!  Not one single present………..So Jaxson and I spent most of the afternoon doing just that.  Thank God he was able to help me.  LOL

I don’t know how Santa managed to get all the presents in his sleigh because our boys got a lot of loot this year!

Peyton’s gifts…………

Jaxson’s gifts………..

I’ve never really had a Christmas where gifts were opened at 3am or 5am.  My grandparents lived right across the street from me growing up so as kids we always had to wait for them to come over before we could go downstairs and see what Santa brought us and I don’t remember there ever being a year where they came over before 7am.  Sometimes it was a bit nerve wracking to have to wait for them, but I love looking back at all those years of pictures of me, my sisters and my Pop-Pop posing on the stairs as he carried me down to see my presents. 

This year, again, I was the first one up in our house.  It works like this on all days when we have things to do, both boys want to sleep in!  Once everyone was downstairs it was presents and wrapping paper all over the place!!

Peyton’s decided to play lacrosse this year instead of baseball so he got his first lacrosse stick.  Jaxson got a new tractor (one of many for the day.  This kid is nuts over tractors and cars!)

We also got a little snow on Christmas day and during the week after.  Although it wasn’t really enough to go sledding or make a snowman the boys both had a great time being out in the mix of it.

Hopefully we’re gonna get that blizzard soon !  I know lots of you don’t like snow, but I hate having the trek through the sludge and mess to get to work so if it’s gonna snow I want it to snow buckets so I can stay home and enjoy it with my boys! 

Merry Christmas everyone!  Hope you all enjoyed your Holidays!!