Snow Day(s)!

Well, this was an interesting week!  We began with snow...lots of snow...enough snow to have a snow day!  It was kind of exciting to get the phone call and text Monday morning saying "hey, don't come to work, stay in bed!"  Even though Zane's preschool stays open on snow days, I kept him home so we could play in the snow!  About mid-morning, I was questionning my decision...as he was running around the basement saying "I need to get my energy out!  I need to get my energy out!"  We bundled ourselves up and went out right before lunch.  Zane was loving it and Mason...not so much!  He wanted to take his four-wheeler out, to which I told him that it would get stuck, but you know moms don't know anything, so I just let him try.  It went 12 inches before...STUCK!  As you can see below, Mason was LESS than impressed!  I tried to get him to play in the snow, but he is not a fan of the cold, so he wanted to go inside.  So now I had a dilemma...one boy wants to be outside and one wants to be inside...what to do what to do.  I convinced Zane to come inside to have lunch and promised that we would head back out when Mason was sleeping.  We did...and Zane played while I shoveled the driveway for an hour and a half...then we tried to make a snowman...the snow wouldn't pack...so we made a mountain and Zane jumped on top of it.  We got some energy out and had fun!

SNOW!!

"It's suck (stuck)!"

Getting ready to make a snow angel

Doesn't Mason look happy?  Only Zane got a sled ride...

I feel like I'm the only teacher alive who doesn't live for snow days!  Don't get me wrong, I love an occasional one here or there in the middle of the long stretches of winter...but we also had snow days Tuesday and Wednesday...3 days in a row!  This after just coming back for 4 days the week before...and realizing that winter is just beginning around here!  I personally would rather be home with the boys in May...when it's nice...and Zane actually can "get his energy out" by playing outside with out five layers of warmth on!  Plus...Mason will stay out there too!  As Zane quite obviously was bored at home, he went to preschool Tuesday and Wednesday.  They had such fun!  They made snow ice cream and painted the snow!

Brothers!  (Ignore Mason's messy face and pants...)

 Friday morning at Zane's preschool there was a "Donuts with Dad" sponsored by the PTA.  Matt went with Zane and he told me it was really neat to go there and see Zane on "his turf" for the morning.  I guess Zane was explaining all about the things that were there, what they do, where they go, etc, etc.  Someone there was going around and taking pictures of the dads with their kids and when she showed them their picture, Zane said, "I like that picture because it's just you and me Dad!"  Then he gave him a HUGE hug, and they took a picture of them hugging!  I can't wait to see those pictures!  Matt said to me, "it's the little things" and I completely agree!  Those are the things our kids will remember! 

Friday night Zane and I went on a "date" to the movies.  He chose to see Tangled (I asked my boys at school first...they said he'd like it and it wasn't too "girlie").  We ate right before, so surprisingly he didn't want a snack...but he did want some candy afterwards.  We had fun, just the two of us, we don't get to do that too often!

Zane and Mom at the movies!

Saturday we hung out at home, waiting for Papa and Grandma to arrive!  I had a wedding reception for a co-worker, who was married in Colorado on New Year's Day, to attend, so they came down to watch the boys so we could go to it.  It was a lot of fun! 

Graden girls...Lisa, Stephanie, Tara, Maggie, Sarah, Chris, Michelle, Me

Zane-isms

• The other day I said "something stinks" and Zane's response was, "I think it's your breath!"  Oh the honesty of children...

Mason's Marvels

• Mason has been singing the ABC's pretty well now...he gets almost every letter in (and repeats some).  At the end we've been inserting the name of someone we know ("next time won't you sing with Papa").  He thinks it's so funny and wants to sing it over and over to add new people's names in!
• Usually when I say "who's my baby?"  Mason will shout "Me!"  This week he's been saying "I no baby!"
• Thursday night I left (alone) to go get groceries.  I guess Mason was standing at the door saying "Mama!  Take me!  I get go-cees!"