Snow, Finally!

Finally a snow fall worth blogging about. We all woke up to almost a foot of the white fluffy stuff on the ground. By 8am both Cameron and Peyton were out playing. By 10am I already had a load of laundry to be done. By noon, I had three loads of wet clothes to be dried. I decided to let Addison have her first experience with snow. She was a little apprehensive of it at first but warmed up to the idea of eating it very quickly. She looked more like a sumo wrestler than an adorable one year old bundled up in all of her winter attire. Unlike Peyton and Cameron who went out for five minutes and then came back in and striped, Addison stayed out for over thirty minutes walking along the paths Chris had already shoveled. Needless to say, once she came in and fell asleep she gave truth to the 'long winter nap'. She slept for 4 hours! We checked on her several times only to find her wrapped up in her blanket snoring. I live by the saying, "Let a sleeping baby sleep!" Here are just a few pictures of our snowfall.

Amazement Square with the Kiddos.

Kelly and her family came in this weekend so we decided to treat the kids to Amazement Square. They all seemed to have a great time there. Here are just a few candids I was able to get.

Is it just me or does she look scared to death?

Look mom, I can rotate my head 180 degrees!

Peyton kept telling me that the cow was 'peeing' on her. I explained that it was milk. She then informed me that milk was white and pee was clear. I give up!

As the saying goes...

Three little monkey's were jumping on the the bed....
Addison fell off and broke her leg.

We spent all day going from pediatrician to radiologist and finally to the ortho doc. She broke the front bone below her knee when she fell off of the bed this morning. Guess that is what happens when they decide to jump on the bed.

The Gym

Ok, I have finally come to the realization that I need to go to the gym. Duh! Maybe it is the fact that I feel like there is a tumor in my stomach. Seriously, toll house cookies could not possibly make that much fat! Nor, the chicken gnocci soup at the Olive Garden. Anyway, I HAVE to get in shape. This is getting ridiculous! I met with a trainer this morning who walked me through all of the machines. She informed me that she wanted me to do 30 minutes of cardio each day. Is she for real? Then I have to do another 30 minutes of weights. It's all good though. My goal is to look half way decent by this summer. I'm not asking for a bikini body, although it would be nice. But, after three kids, I will settle for not resembling Shamu in a one piece. Wish me luck!

The Tea Party

Chris was given the "Dad of the Year" award today. Peyton wanted so badly to have a tea party but I was tending to the other sick little one in the house. Needless to say Chris, being the good sport, joined her for a party. The party also included all of her babies and stuffed animals. She prepared shreaded cheese and water which Chris was overly thrilled about. I was able to snap a few pictures of their event.

"Cheers!"

Good Deal!

You know I am always up for a good deal. I found this cabinet on Craig's List for $30! You never know what you will find.

Another Chapter on Peyton!

We had a very interesting night last night. Cameron came home and informed me that he had a poster due since he was "Star of the Week". So, off we went to CVS to purchase some poster board. Peyton insisted on going with us. While in the store, Peyton pulled her usual "I want this, I want that" routine. And, I pulled my usual, "you don't need that." routine. Needless to say, she was not happy with me. So, we wandered around the store grabbing some odds and ends, checked out and went home. No longer than five minutes after coming home, I was approached by Cameron letting me know that, "we had a situation that needed to be delt with." And yes, those were his exact words! He loves any opportunity to rat on his sister. So here comes Peyton with those Hello Kitty sunglasses I had told her previously that she would not be getting.

OK, at this point, flashbacks of my younger years came racing through my mind including the time that I had "stolen" a little candy bracelet from Ben Franklin in Amherst and my daddy marched me right back up there, with the half eaten bracelet, and return it.

I knew what I had to do. I told her that when people shoplift they can go to jail. OK, at this point, had someone been listening outside of the bedroom, they would have thought that I had cut off her left leg, left arm and ear! Blood curdling screams could be heard from miles away from a little girl yelling, NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL!!!!!! Now, I didn't actually tell her that SHE was going to jail, I just told her that when people shoplift they can go to jail. But hey, it worked. It scared her half to death. I grabbed her by the hand (still screaming and kicking), grabbed my pocketbook, keys and phone and headed out the door and back up to CVS. All the way, I lectured her about shoplifting. She had finally settled down a little bit by the time we arrived. Needless to say, she was a little hesitant in getting out of the van, but she did. I handed her the sunglasses and told her to apologize. When we went in the store manager was still up front and I informed her that I had a little girl that needed to see her. The manager obviously knew what I was talking about and winked at me, which in fact did not help the situation. She knelt down in front of Peyton, Peyton told her what she had done and immediately started balling crying and wrapped her arms around this ladys neck. The lady consoled her and told her that she knew she was sorry by the look on her face. No lady, the look on her face was that of, "I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL!" Anyway, I think Peyton knows what she did was wrong and will go without her cartoons for the rest of the week.

This is just another chapter in the book I will someday write about Peyton!

Not to mention that earlier in the evening she blasted me for talking to a client for 10 minutes by telling me that it was, and I quote, "adiculous".