Sledding accident

During Christmas break, we went back to Omaha to visit the grandmas and grandpas. It was 9 degrees. Too cold for me, but not too cold for the boys to go sledding. The first day sledding, Nathan stayed inside. The second day, Nathan went sledding and the last run of the day, he had a sledding accident and fell off the sled into the ice face first. This is what Nathan looked like after 3 days. Better than I thought it was going to look when I first found out.

Christmas in Atlanta

Pictures from Colin and Nathan opening the gifts from me and Bob. Colin received a marble run and Nathan got tinker toys. They also got wind-up flashlights that never need batteries, just wind it up!

Making dinner

Last night, Colin totally surprised me. Just before Bob got home, Colin went into the kitchen and decided to make dinner. He was cutting carrots (with a butter knife) and wanted to make tea and oatmeal. I helped with the tea and oatmeal (hot water plus 5-year old, not a good combo usually). Bob and I had to make our own dinner, but that was okay. As the boys were sitting there eating their carrots and oatmeal, I heard Nathan say, "Colin, thank you for lunch." Priceless.

'Z' car

Driving through a parking lot today, Colin noticed a car. "Hey Mom, look at that funny looking car."

It was only a Datsun 280Z ... my favorite kind of car in the whole wide world. I had one in high school, and I have to admit when my dad said he bought a Datsun for me, I first thought of the B210 that we had when I was little. The B210 was ugly, and I was not excited about a 280Z if it was made by the same company. But when I saw it, I was in love. It was the greatest, cutest, fastest (not that I would know!) car that I ever had. I loved that car.

Decorating the 'tree'

This year we didn't get around to getting a traditional real Christmas tree like we have the last couple of years. We are spending Christmas in Omaha at the grandmas and grandpas so it's doesn't seem right to get a tree if we are not going to be here (besides isn't it a fire hazard to have a dying tree in your house when you plan on being gone for almost a week!)

Well, Colin is at the point where he noticed and kept asking when are we getting a tree. Just joking around, I said, "Here's a tree!", and grabbed a branch in the yard. "You can decorate this tree!"

The kids loved the idea and so we ended up with two Charlie Brown Christmas trees with lots of garland and ornaments.



Colin's finished tree:

Nathan's finished tree:

Ready for school

Took Colin and Nathan's picture one morning before going to school. Nathan really likes to wear his sunglasses right now, and Colin is into his new engineer hat from Danni.