Our first snow

Our first snow of the season left us with 4 inches or so- Easy to shovel but Dan got the snowblower out, just to be sure it's up to par for the REALLY big snows all season long.

While Dan was outside in the cold, I decided we could surprise him and come out to play! Jack was all decked out- boots, snowpants, coat, mittens, hat (probably 10 min. of dressing time...) and ready to play! He didn't make it much past the front door.

Dan taught Jack to throw snowballs at the house
(you can see the remnants on the house behind Jack.)

On our way in. Jack loved it all, except for when he falls and can't quite get up.

Kind of funny for us to watch. :)

We tried to throw in some family pictures for our Christmas card at the end of the day- let's just say we have a pretty good photo-shopped picture to go out in our Christmas cards this year (or Christmas post.)

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We celebrated St. Nick on Monday morning/afternoon. Dan got home from work at noon so we waited for him (Jack was still sleeping when Dan left for work.) This was Dan's idea-I take no credit- and it was a big hit!



After this, it was time for nap. We let him take the bus to bed with him and he played and played and played (almost 1 hour) before I had Jack put his bus by the Christmas village where it belonged.

Other exciting happenings:

Looking for a Christmas Tree- We got a Fraser Fir, so we had to go to a tree lot instead of going to cut down our own. It wasn't so bad- Dan says our "tradition" is cutting it down, in my mind the tradition is a real tree. We are both happy and the tree is starting to look great!

Jack loves the tree. We have been "training" him on how to treat the Christmas Tree.

Although he can't throw his trains in the tree (like he has been doing to ours and our friend's trees-sorry) he likes to drive them along the window.

And other exciting news... we transfered his bed into a toddler bed. He loves it! It is surprising, he does not get in or out himself when it's sleeping time, but if he is looking for his "Mickey" or "Tractor" which is in the bed, he will climb right in to get it. I LOVE IT!

That is our life in a nutshell... just busy getting ready for Christmas and all of the excitement that comes along with it!