Back to School He Goes!

Jayden went back to school today! After being sick for 3.5 days and having 3 snow days, we kicked him out of the house today. :) Okay, not really - he was ready!  He came home with these two adorable creations - a pizza and a Chinese dragon. This picture doesn't show the whole dragon - it has pipe cleaner legs and a cute folded tail.
Love it!

K'Nex

Jayden got some K'Nex toys for his birthday from his Bird cousins and he decided that he wanted to build this dinosaur. This desire turned into having one of his parents help him figure out how to do it (it came with an instruction manual) which then turned into me making it while he found all of the pieces. :) He did snap in a few of the pieces - so I can't take ALL of the credit. It was fun and turned out super cute! He loves them! Thanks Birds!
Today, only Riya and I went to church - such a different experience going with just one little girl! She loved the mommy time and I enjoyed being able to pay attention for all 3 hours! Hopefully this sickness that is floating around in our home will be gone soon!

Present Time

Here's Jayden with his birthday presents. Today he felt like opening presents - but still not well enough for cake. Hopefully we'll be diving in to the cupcakes soon! They are patiently waiting in the freezer! :)
Happy Birthday part 2, Jayden!

Craft Night #2

Our second craft night of 2011 was tonight and in the spirit of Valentine's Day, we made these adorable heart blocks! This was probably the fastest craft we have done and could have made it an early night but we sat around the table talking until 10:30ish. So much fun! Love my craft nights!

Happy Birthday, Jayden!

Today our Mr. Jayden turned 7 years old. We started out the day so excited and he even got another snow day! What a great birthday present. We typically do the big birthday celebration with our family after the birthday dinner - then we do cake/cupcakes and presents. He was just enjoying his day off when all of a sudden, he came into our bedroom and fell asleep on the floor! This is very unlike Jayden - he almost never takes naps! I eventually had him go lay down in his bed but when it was time to eat his "favorite salty chicken and rice" for dinner, we woke him up and had him come down stairs. He ate the rice and then said he wanted to go lie down on the couch. He didn't want to do cake or presents. Poor guy. This was what he looked like on the couch, just before John took him up to his bed for the night. How sad to be sick on your birthday!
We love you, Jaydo Potato!  Happy Birthday!

Snow day #2

I got a few really cute pictures of this fun but I had to pick my favorite. This one is perfect because 1) it shows everyone except me, 2) Jayden's expression is priceless and 3) it shows the massive amount of snow (check out the pirate ship play toy in the background and that blue thing poking out of the snow is our sandbox).
We decided sledding would be fun but we couldn't get out of our driveway - much less our cul-de-sac - so we decided out backyard could be just as fun. Well, close enough. This was Emma's first real adventure with snow. She's been in the snow before but never really allowed to be let loose. She loved it! This picture is of John pushing Jayden on his snow seat down our tiny incline but the ground was so solid (snow/ice/snow - an ice sandwich pretty much) that he went flying down! They had so much fun doing this - despite the look of horror on Jayden's face! Haha!
We had fun tackling each other, running fast and then jumping to see how far our feet would go in to the snow, "sledding", and throwing sheets of snow at each other. Yep. SHEETS. No snowball making here. The top layer would just break into chunks!
Lots of fun!

Oh, Wally World!

So, what do you do when the town begins to shut down? You drive a few blocks to the nearest Wal-Mart and stock up (even though you went grocery shopping a few days before) because everyone else in town is doing the same thing. I didn't know how long we would/could be trapped in our home, so I just went to grab some milk, bread and diapers (who knows if we'll be able to wash our cloth ones - power might go out!). I decided to get stuff for Jayden's birthday dinner and cake as well - who knows if we'll still be frozen by then. I also decided that this was going to be a holiday of sorts so I grabbed a few extra treats for us. :)
We are prepared. Bring on the storm!