New Years day, the first snow, and my little reader!

We drove home New Years Eve so we could have a couple of days at home as a family before Gary had to head back to work!  We enjoyed hanging around the house, playing with all of our new Christmas stuff, and just spending time together!  Alex was so cute during the New Years Day parade!!  He got out the instruments and marched around the living room with the bands :)

 Of course, Nathan wanted a turn as soon as Alex got the idea, so here he is as the drummer! 

 We had the first snow of the year about a week ago!  It was very unexpected (after a 68 degree day just 2 days earlier!)  The kids were THRILLED!  We watched the flurries in the morning and I explained over and over to Alex that it wasn't going to stick and wouldn't be enough to play in.  Then later during quiet time I hear Alex yelling and yelling upstairs.  I ran up to see what was going on and he was staring out his bedroom window and was EXTREMELY excited!  He was telling me I was wrong and it was sticking and there was a lot!  Ha!!  It wasn't THAT much, but was enough for us to go out and play in for a bit!! 

 The kids were SO excited to put on their snow pants and boots!  Nathan's are about 2 sizes too big, but I just can't justify spending $20 on a pair of toddler boots that may or may not get much use.  Oh well, they seemed to work fine! 

 Alex had SO much fun!  He definitely could have stayed out much longer than we did! 

 Nathan wanted to "hold you" (he says) most of the time we were out there!  He was very unsure and refused to wear any gloves!  (making it too cold to touch of course! haha) 

 The flakes were HUGE, so we got pretty covered quickly and didn't stay out more than 20 minutes or so.  But it was a blast!  Alex particularily loved throwing snow balls at me ;)

 Nathan is loving the tools lately :)

 And I thought this was just too cute!  He loves books, just like his brother and has a couple of favorites lately.  He loves the tiny Chick-fil-a happy meal books we have!  He calls them "rabbit books" because they are Max & Ruby ones.  He also loves this kitty book with different animals in it!  And he loves his new rocker from grandma and grandpa... he sits in it and rocks and rocks!