Older son's wood projects

The 9 yr old made his car and  plane by himself. No help from dad. Well, a little help from dad, but he did a great job on his own.
He is getting too big.  80)

New Year's Day

Well, today is the beginning of a new year. Honestly, it seemed like any other day to me.

However, the family went sledding. Well, the boys were sledding while I took pictures. Got some wonderful shots. Everyone had fun. Daddy had a great slide; he captured some big air. We all took a walk. It was nice to do something as a family instead of everyone in the house doing their own thing.

Went to mom's to scrapbook. We worked on her perpetual calendar. Now, I am need to get here months ready for her on the DS. I may start this evening. We cut out a Mickey Mouse, a worded icon, and some wording for her calendar. The bad part about the DS is that is took us 1/2 hour just to upload the updates. Once that was done, we could actually start our cutting.

Well, happy 1st of January 2010. My word of advice for the new year is to slow down. That is what I plan to do.

Today

Husband, son (Justin), and I played Wii today. It was fun. Husband and I need some time for ourselves though. I can't remember the last time we had the cash and the time both together where we could go out on a date. Ah Date Night. The memories. It is a needed thing for us and soon.

Hubby is putting oldest to bed. I am going to take youngest soon. If I can stay awake, maybe hubby and I can have some cuddle time later. Usually, one of us falls asleep.

Gonna finish Ghost Hunters and go to bed. Nighty night.

Spongebob and My Family

Okay, so I think Spongebob is funny sometimes. However, my family loves this show. They even quote Spongebob when they feel the time is right. I guess I just don't understand or maybe it is because "I'm a girl." Whatever it is I can't believe that this is the show of choice for my children.

Hunting with Max

Hubby and Max are out hunting rabbits. Carry, Justin, and I went to see Dave; then, we went to the store. Carry and I looked at scrapbooking items. Nothing exciting to see there. We need to leave Coldwater and go to a bigger town to find better stuff. Oh well, we are all broke anyway.

Snow, snow, and more snow

Kalamazoo, Michigan was hit today by the snow. Unfortunately, it was too cold to play outside in it. My son, Justin, wants to rebuild our snowman. He melted in the rain on Christmas day. However, we played inside today. Daddy helped him build a race car and paint it. Mom helped with the stickers. Well, I just sat and watched that is about as much help as he would allow me.
Here is a picture of the car:

He Listened...

Christmas morning we woke our 4 yr old up to open presents at 7:30 am. Grandma was here and we were all excited. Apparently, we were more excited than he was. He would not wake up. We put presents on his lap, told him Santa came, and even sang Christmas carols. Nothing worked. Finally at around 8 am, I played his Mickey Christmas toy, which plays Deck The Halls (his favorite), and he woke up.

The first present he grabbed was the one he specifically asked Santa for. When he opened it, he looked at grandma, mom, and dad and exclaimed, "he listened. Santa really listened to me!" We heard this for the rest of the morning. It was the cutest thing I have ever heard. My son is great.