This morning we woke up to a couple more inches of snow. Rick wasn’t happy that he had to scoop the driveway again!! We’ve scooped more this year already than we had to last year. He said that if this keeps up, we might need a snow blower. I told him that it was good exercise!!! On a side note, I heard that we got 14.7 inches of snow over Christmas!!!
While Rick was scooping this morning, I got Noah bundled up so he could go outside. He certainly doesn’t get that from me! I’d rather stay in where it is warm!!! After scooping the driveway, Rick and Noah built their first snowman! Okay, so Noah didn’t last long on the snowman part…he needed to keep moving and wanted to go for a walk. So we walked down the block one way and came back and went down the other way and back. Rick was about done with the snowman by then, so here is the finished product!
Then Rick decided a little later that the snowman needed something on its head. So out he went to put reindeer antlers on the snowman…in a cut off shirt and shorts. Yeah, he’s werid!!! (I took the picture from inside, so you only get to see the back of the snowman.)
Christmas morning we opened presents and Noah must have been a very good boy this year! Santa got him a small drum set, but it doesn’t make a small noise, that’s for sure!!! It has already made its way upstairs in his new room! Santa also got him a puzzle, a couple of books and a farm set.
Rick’s parents came down before the snow started flying. They are hoping to leave on Sunday, but we’ll see how the roads are before they take off. They, of course, spoiled Noah! He got a pop-up tent, a firetruck, puzzle, a bowling set and a couple of Hot Wheels.
After lunch, Rick thought he’d start scooping the driveway. Must have been a good time for all the neighbors because most of them on our block were all outside starting to scoop. Rick’s Dad even went out and helped for a while. It still took them awhile to get it all done!
Today, Noah wanted to go for a walk. He just kept saying, “walk, walk, walk”, over and over again. So Rick and his Dad ventured out to look for some snow boots – they actually just wanted to check out the roads. They headed to Walmart, but they were sold out of boots and sleds, so off they went to Target. They found some boots there – we would have liked a bigger size, but they only had one size, so we got those. They are a size 5, which is what Noah is wearing now, so at least they work.
So we bundled Noah up and headed outside. At first he didn’t know what to think of all the snow, then he started getting into it! We put him in a box and slid him down the driveway, which he seemed to really like. Then Noah still wanted to go for his walk and he headed down the street. I guess he was serious when he was saying he wanted a walk!!
Well, I don’t think we will be heading anywhere this year. This is the first year I won’t be with my family for Christmas, so it’s diffidently different. I do have lots of candy that I made, so that’s the plus side!!! Not that I need it, but I figure I have an excuse…I just keep blaming it on the little girl!!
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and is staying warm!!!
Noah has been in heaven the last few days. They are digging a basement just down the road, so there has been LOTS of trucks!!! The other day, Noah woke up from his nap to find a cement pump truck and five cement trucks right out the window! He was SO excited. He just stood in the window, pointing to the trucks. Rick took him outside after a little while and walked down to the trucks for a closer look.
Today they are taking the forms away, so there is still some activity going on. After they are done today, I don’t think there will be much else going on while they wait for the cement to dry completely. I guess Noah will have to find some new entertainment!!!
Well, this weekend we officially are done painting Noah’s new room!!! Rick did the majority of it, but he couldn’t have done it without me…at least that’s what I think!! I’m a GREAT supervisor!!! Although he didn’t like it when I would come into the room and, like he says, “nit pick” everything!
As you can see from the picture, we are doing a transportation theme. Noah seems to love it already!!! He was even trying to help Rick paint one day. Rick was painting the road and Noah had a paint brush (without any paint on it) and was “painting” the grass.
We still need to refinish the dresser and Rick got his old toy box from his parents the last time we were in Mason City, so I think we are going to refinish that also. We are also going to use our neighbors crib; we think it’s a little early to have Noah in a big boy bed. But we thought we’d leave the mattress on the ground for now to see how he likes it. So far, he likes it, but I don’t think he’d actually stay in it to sleep!
Well the Toys R Us ad is officially banned in our house…or at least it should be!!! Noah likes to look at it and so do we!! This last weekend we were looking at it and we seen this pull out sofa, in the Cars theme. It was on sale and I had a 20% coupon..I mean, how can you pass up a deal like that!!!! Plus we justified it by saying that we are moving Noah to a new room, his new room is a cars/trucks theme, he likes sitting in his wooden rocker, it’s Christmas, etc. We had all kinds of excuses!!!
So off Rick went to Toys R Us…he also had to stop at Home Depot for some more paint stuff, so he thought it was a sign that we had to get the sofa! Then when he got home, he was wondering when we were going to give it to Noah. I thought Christmas was a great idea, but Rick thought “right now” was a better idea. Not wanting to deprive Noah of a nice relaxing place to sit, I said “Okay!”. Rick brought it in and set it on the ground and Noah just smiled and ran over to it. He sat down and then slid down a little to get more comfy, it was so cute!!! Maybe it’s just a guy thing that they know how a couch works!!
I do have to say that he really seems to like it. He’ll bring his Truck Book over and sit in the sofa and look his book. He’ll pull it out and lay down (for like 5 seconds). And it even has a built-in sleeping bag when it’s pulled out!!! Oh yeah, it’s pretty cool!!!
While Rick was scooping this morning, I got Noah bundled up so he could go outside. He certainly doesn’t get that from me! I’d rather stay in where it is warm!!! After scooping the driveway, Rick and Noah built their first snowman! Okay, so Noah didn’t last long on the snowman part…he needed to keep moving and wanted to go for a walk. So we walked down the block one way and came back and went down the other way and back. Rick was about done with the snowman by then, so here is the finished product!
