Snow is coming

We are in the 60s - AGAIN. However ***sigh***, it appears it will all come to an end tonight. Snow is forecasted for tomorrow and into the week. It is hard knowing this is the last day above 40 we will probably have in the next 4-5 months. One person that is excited, is little Jbird. He wants to build a snowman. I am ashamed to say that I have never been a 'let's bundle up and go outside' kind of mom. So, my kids have never built a snowman. However, I vow to make that different this winter. We will build snowmen, snowangels and I plan on even initiating sledding. Now that the boys are getting older and don't require carrying them up the hill (JB is the exception)!

JB is taking more steps but still prefers to crawl. He needs to hurry up though....almost all of his pants have holes in the knees. Yesterday I was doing some work upstairs and knew it was quite downstairs. However, I was hopefully. I should not have been. When I got down there, JB was standing on the step stool, with a pile of honey and pecans on the counter. Needless to say, he was enjoying his sweet dessert. He now has his first psuedo word. He says "pa" for up.

It is amazing what entertains the boys. They found some kid magazines and decided they needed to cut out pictures and decorate the doors in the house. A few magazines, scissors, step stool and tape kept them busy for an hour. I took the following picture. I tried to get them to smile but Jbird informed me that he was not going to turn around because he needed to focus.


The days have been so nice this week we have spent time outside riding bikes and playing tennis, basketball, football and soccer. Whenever Jbird wants to go outside, he will say 'it is such a gorgeous day, we need to be outside....'

I have managed to keep my laundry room clean for a week. No clean clothes laying around but everything put up. It is probably anal, but I think I have come up with a system that works for me. I wash pants, underwear and pajamas on Monday and I wash shirts, socks, towels, etc on Thursday. I load up the washing machine the night before and put it on delay start so that it starts early in the morning. The first load is ready for the dryer about the time I wake up and then I switch it out and start the second load. Most mornings, all the clothes are clean by the 9am. I find I am more motivated to fold the laundry right away when I am folding like articles of clothing. And I don't have to think throughout the week 'I need to do laundry'. It is working for me.

JR went out hunting yesterday and did not see anything. I think most hunters are waiting for the snow to fly to bring the animals down. Less than 3 weeks left of the regular season!

Off to enjoy our last warm weather until probably mid April or early May.