Surprise Snow Day!

What a surprise to wake up to school being cancelled! A few inches came a bit late, right during morning traffic, and voila! No school! The children are thrilled for the winter wonderland and this mom plans to put on a Christmas movie this afternoon to entertain why she quietly finishes some holiday shopping online. Shhh!
There's just a natural inclination in men to help women, I think. We caught our youngest son shoveling a PATH across the yard so that his little sister could get through the snow more easily. How sweet is THAT?
I think M likes the idea!

There's a Birthday Brewing!

Miss M has a birthday right around the corner on December 21st. She's so terribly excited. As this is her second birthday, she knows what to expect - cake and presents! She long ago picked out what the cake will look like. A pink butterfly! Good thing I took some cake decorating classes years back!

On the way to preschool the other day we had a very revealing conversation.

"M-y birthday soon."

"Yes, your birthday is coming soon. Won't that be fun?!"

Squeals of delight! "M-y presents all of them. No share Jo Jo. No share Bebe. No share Noah."

"All the presents will be for you? You aren't going to share your presents?"

Quiet pause.

"No share presents. M-y share cake!"

In a family with four kids, you've got to protect your assets, apparently. :-)

Shhhhh!

What every mother likes to see...boys sitting down after school, snack at the ready, concentrating on homework. How priceless is this shot?!

Out of the Mouth of Babes

So I'm reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to our two youngest tonight and I get to the part where it says,

"The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath."

and G pipes up shocked and a bit disgusted and says,

"WHAT?! Santa SMOKES?!"

I laughed myself silly.