A little of this and a little of that.....

Well...it FINALLY snowed a little on Monday, January 10th.  We expected to wake up to snow that morning, but there wasn't any.  School had been cancelled the night before anticipating the snow.  It started snowing that morning, and we got about 2 1/2 inches of snow when it was all said and done.  I know some of you are laughing..., but it's a lot of snow for Wilmington!  It was enough to play in, but not enough to build a snowman.  North Wilmington got 7 or 8 inches of snow.  Jackson and Eliza's school didn't reopen until Thursday.  Our roads were fine, but the rural roads were still treacherous.   After playing in the cul-d-sac with friends, we decided to head in for some much deserved hot chocolate.

"Come on, people.  Are we ready yet??"

Ridin' in style in the snow.

I think this is Jackson's first snow angel.

Pretty good!

The Fam

Our best friends, the Kivettes, visited us last weekend.  They usually come during Christmas, but they postponed their trip till the holiday weekend.  We spent Saturday morning together and had lunch.  Jackson, Eliza and Cole had a fun time playing outside...it was pretty warm  The boys then started watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Jackson (needless to say) LOVED that!  We may have to add that Jackson's birthday wish list.

Cole, Eliza and Jackson

During our "spare" time recently, we re-did Jackson's bedroom.  He's been asking us for quite sometime to paint his room green (his favorite color).  It was still the "builder's white."  Jackson spent a couple of nights with my parents, and Charlie and I went to work.  Man, it was a busy couple of days, but it was complete by the time Jackson arrived home and boy, was he surprised!  We painted the walls a khaki color and as you can see, we painted rectangles.  I thought painting the walls green would be a little too much green!  So, we compromised!  We also changed his room around.  He LOVES it, and it does look more like a boy's room than a toddler's room.

I'm thankful my husband has more patience than I do!

Jackson wanted to keep his letter people.

Can't believe it's already January 21st.  We have already registered Jackson for spring soccer, AND we've registered both children for swimming lessons in June already.  Before we know it, it will be summer again.

The wild woman: dressing up on a cold day outside.