Just the FIVE of US!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Playing in the snow

It is a lot of work getting the kids dressed to play in the snow.

It is especially hard when the babies don't want to out be in the cold (okay, and the Mommy), but the two-year-old does.

So I decided why not bring the snow to them. I scooped up two buckets of snow, laid down towels and let the kids have tub toys and scoops for the snow.

They all played really well together. Mommy only had one rule: Keep the snow in the buckets or on the towels so the floor doesn't get too wet.

"But Mommy!" the two-year-old exclaims. "You can use the tractor loaders and caterpillars to move the snow too just like Papa Pat!"

"That's true." says Mommy to the creative two-year-old.

It is true that the best creative ideas come from no rules at all.

Fort Collins Petting Zoo/Farm

We went up to Martinez Farm/Petting Zoo over the weekend with Anne, Noah and Ethan.

The boys had a blast feeding animals and riding the tractor.

Torin wasn't afraid to feed the sheep and goats their oats.

He said they tickled his hand.

It was supposed to be in the mid-50s that day. I think it made it to the high 40s by the time we left, so it was quite a chilly morning.

It didn't faze the boys though. Their hands were red and cold, but they kept going.

Torin of course had to follow Noah wherever he went. He has even picked up a saying that Noah often says. He has been saying to Paul and I all week..."Hey, I need to tell you something." So Noah you not only have a shadow, but a copycat on your hands as well!

Siblings

New Year's Eve

We had the Weiland family up for New Year's Eve. Ava does such a good job holding the babies. Logan is pretty heavy for her to hold though!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Ruby

Without a doubt the best part of having Christmas at Aunt Karen's house for Torin was the fact that Ruby lives there. He LOVES Ruby and spent most of the day chasing her around.

We tried very hard to get a good picture of Ruby and Torin together, but getting a dog and a 2-year-old to sit still at the same time is impossible.

And we get mad when we have to take pictures with Mommy instead of Ruby. Yes, I rate lower than Ruby already. I thought that the 'mom isn't cool' thing didn't happen until age 12 or something. Sigh.

We headed to the farm shortly after this for the Bartmann family Christmas, but alas we forgot our camera at Karen's so therefore no photos to show of Christmas there. Needless to say, the car was packed completely full with new toys, etc. It was a wonderful Christmas holiday with all our family.