Mommy and Her Boy!

Fun Day!

Finny has been wanting to go sledding since November.  Since our winter has been one of the mildest in recent history, there hasn't been much of an opportunity.  But early in January we finally got a few inches of snow on the ground, so we decided to make a day of it.  That morning, we headed to Target for some sleds.  Then we hit up the Shedd to check out the fish.  And then we hit up the awesome sledding hill they have at museum campus.  The kids had SO MUCH FUN!

Scaring some poor fishies.

Playing in the camping exhibit.

Sabine and Lourdes took turns in the infant toboggan.  I would carry one and pull the other to the top of a small hill and then pull the toboggan behind me as I walked down.  It was pretty low key, but they seemed to enjoy it.  When Joe was figuring out the logistics of how I was going to manage this, he said "be careful."  I was like - I'll be walking in front of them while they are strapped into the toboggan, what could happen?  He thought I was just going to stand at the top and give them a push!

Sabine, the abominable.

The hill!

Finn and Daddy having a blast!  They must have gone down 20 times and Finn would have gone down another 20 if he had his way.  

Fun in the snow!

New Years with Grandma!

We rang in 2012 with a visit from Grandma.  It was so much fun!  We started our New Years Eve by taking Finn to see a production of Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells Batman Smells.  It was pretty cute, except Junie B is a bit of a brat!  Then after the girls woke up from their nap, we took all the kids to a party at My Corner Playroom.  The kids got to run around and play for about an hour and then there was "champagne" and a balloon drop.  The kids loved it!  Then after the kids went to bed, Grandma, Joe and I rang in the New Year by watching episodes of The Closer and drinking prosecco.  New Years Day, Grandma and I left the kids with Dad and went to see The Descendants.  It was excellent!  Other than that, Grandma's visit was pretty low key.  We played with the kids during the day and every afternoon we all took a nice nap.  Oh, and as you can see below Grandma got to learn ALL about Scooby Doo.  Finn is obsessed!  All in all, it was a great visit and the kids are looking forward to spending more time with their Grandma in Indy this March.