"What's your favorite weather, mom?"

Wednesday it snowed. It snowed a lot. THere was enough snow for the first ski resort to open yesterday.

Wednesday it was my turn to co-op Oldest's pre-school class. I got to spend a couple of hours with my son and his friends. I also got to help 15 4-5 year olds put on snow pants and hats and mittens for the first time this school year. They always go outside to play, unless it it raining or way too cold. It's such a wonderful playground. There is a little hill that the kids can sled down when there is snow. All the kids loved the snow.

During snack time, right before we went outside, everyone was asked what they liked best about the snow. Everyone had an opinion. Some liked building snowmen, others loved sledding (Oldest). Some talked about how they love going skiing with their dads. (We are in Utah remember, so 4 year olds have been skiing for years.)

The best part of the day was when oldest said his favorite weather was snow and then asked, "What's your favorite weather, mom?". Well I have to tell you, it's not usually snow, but on Wednesday it was.

Happy Birthday Honey

My sweet loving husband turns 38 today. This is the 16th (is that right?) birthday that I've helped him celebrate. If you ask him, he can probably remember how we celebrated every single one. Just one of the many things I love about him.

I also love how intelligent he is, his open mindedness, his sense of humor and the way he tears up at the end of Field of Dreams. He is an amazing father, sacrificing a lot so that he can stay home with the boys so that they have never been in daycare. He has a sense of adventure and has taken some bold moves regarding his career and our family. I am proud to call him my husband and best friend.

I love you honey.

Snow

It snowed! Enough to have some accumulation on the grass. This is the second time this fall that we got some snow in the valley. Last time was Oct 13ish and the boy across the street had enough to make a small snowman. We might get a little more this morning, but it should be warmer later this week. The mountains got some accumulation which is good for the ski resorts.

I'm not wishing winter too soon, but Oldest told me last week that he wants an outside party for his birthday. Since his birthday is in December, in order to have an outside party we need snow. And either a Dinosaur or a Robot cake.

Little Big man

Last night after dinner Oldest announces that he has a lot of work to do. I ask him what.

Oldest: I have to take a shower 'cuz I'm very dirty from the sand at school. Then I ahve to do the dishes and help with the laundry.

So, I let him. He took his own shower, with just a little puddle on the bathroom floor. He helped load the dishwasher and then helped Dad bring up the clothes to be put away.

I don't know where this repsonsibility came from, but I congratulated him on completed all of his chores. He did a good job.

Sweep

Littlest is really into imitation lately. He wants to copy everything his older brother does. He also copies me. Last night we were playing with the perfection game and he copied all of my facial expressions before the pop. Very cute.

He also wants to help around the house. He must sweep the floor after I do. Heaven forbid I put the broom away before he gets his turn. Yesterday I handed the broom to him so he could "sweep". He then picked up with his fingers a rubberband that had fallen on the floor and walked around with it looking for the dustpan. He put the rubberband into the dust pan and walked to the trash can to dump it in. Just following the sweeping up procedures.

1 2 3

Littlest can count to 12. He also recognizes all the letters of the alphabet. He loves numbers and letters.

One of is favorite things to do at the park is sit on the slide count to 10 and say BLAST OFF before he heads down. He also want me to count when I'm pushing him on the slide, actually he counts and I say the number after him.

He is also pointing out letters everywhere, not just the magnets on the fridge. Whenever I'm trying to work on the computer he wants to sit and press numbers and letters. I open many Word documents so that he can plunk away for awhile.

At the grocery store he wanders from aisle to aisle pointing out the numbers.

I don't know that this makes him especially smart, I think it is really a reflection of his adventuresome nature. And the fact that he can rarely sit still.

Oh, and he loves to pretend to sneeze. It cracks him up. Me too! Love you Boo!

November? Really?

It's November 1st. It's been more than 2 months since I've written anything. I'm disappointed in myself. Goal for this month is to write something everyday. Get ready for my incoherant babbling.