cleaning and snowing.

Much like Lincoln, Cassie enjoys playing housekeeper. Here she is with her play cleaning stuff. I hope and pray that my neat-freakishness rubs off on the kids! So far, Linc is quite neat and tidy. The jury is still out on Cassie. She likes to wear the apron, but that's about the extent of it. Oftentimes, when we get her out of her crib after nap time, we find her blankies, stuffed animals and pacifiers strewn all over the room.

Well, we had a nice snowstorm a week or so ago and Linc and I got outside to enjoy some fresh air together. The snow was not right for making a snowman, but we did do some sledding which consisted of me pulling Linc all around our front yard and up and down our street in the sled. I was his own, private sled dog. This kid has it made, I tell you! We also played on his snow-covered playscape in the backyard which was great fun.

Here he is making a snow angel. I sincerely love the freedom that kids have -- just plopping down in the freezing cold snow and thinking nothing of getting snow up your sleeves and down your back. It's the greatest thing.

father and son.

Can't help but share a pic of two of my very favorite guys. This is kind of a rare, cuddly moment.



Usually the love between these two is shown by playing "Hulk vs. Iron Man", which entails a number of wrestling moves, some couch dive bombing, and Lincoln shooting rays out of the palms of his hands a la Iron Man. It's quite a scene and it takes place nearly every evening after dinner. Good times.


And here is a more typical moment. Linc LOVES to try to play Matt's Lego Batman video game. He's a bit young for it yet, but Matt sets it up as a special treat from time to time and Linc goes to town driving the Batmobile all around town.

happy birthday to you and you and you and you.

We celebrated four family birthdays in January. First up was Granny. We celebrated by having dinner and play time at our place.

Next, well, it's a three-way tie. Matt, Allison & Nicole all share the same birthday. We went to Jeff & Suzy's house for Alli & Nicole's party. Here is a pic of all of the kiddies:

And check out the girls and their Barbie cakes (made by none other than Jeffrey "Martha Stewart" Mitchell).

And here is Matt trying to blow out his candle before Linc can butt in to do it!

Happy Birthday everyone! And many more...

the winter blahs.

January has come and gone and we didn't make a single snowman. While we did have some snow, it was always followed with bitter cold weather...too cold to take the kids out to spend time making a snowman. We'll see what February brings. Instead, we've spent much time inside and, boy, can I just say "Is it summertime yet?". The kids have much energy to burn every day and running around our house just never seems to be enough!

To tide us over until I can get a great snowman pic, I thought I'd post a few recent pics of the kids.

Here you can see Cassie in her favorite form: pj's, paci, and blankey.

Next up is Cass doing her Elton John imitation. She borrowed her cousin's cool glasses and transformed herself into a star!

Next up is Lincoln roaring it up in his lion bath towel.

And finally Linc is going to infinity and beyond with his pals, Buzz and Woody.