I haven’t been able to blog about our some big changes that will happen to our family on Tuesday…can’t wait to tell you!

Levi lost his boomerang in our gigantic holly bush this summer.  Every time the boys go outside to play (and I mean EVERY time) he has tried to come up with new ways to get it out of the holly bush.  You have to note that this is the worlds pokiest bush and the way that the boomerang was stuck, it was near impossible to retrieve.  But Levi wouldn’t give up, he propped up our old Christmas tree and used it as a ladder to climb the holly bush and reach the boomerang.  I had to giggle from the other side of the holly.  So proud he did it!

 The boys latest obsession (and I do NOT use that word lightly) is the Wii game, Skylanders.  This is a marketing genius as you really do need extra figures to make the most out of the game and you can’t find the figures anywhere, as they tend to sell out the minute they hit the shelves.  The boys go nuts when they see them.  Anyhow, good has come out of it…Carlos has his first playdate and he and his friend were so excited to play Skylanders together.  Turns out Trey also had a playdate and they wanted to do the same so there were 5 boys standing around the television mesmerized by the action on the screen.
We are still missing quite a few so if you happen to want to become the boy’s new best friend….here’s our list:  Ignitor, Sunburn, Wham Shell, Double Trouble, Drill Sergeant, Zook, Camo, Warando, Lightning Rod and Whirlwind.

 Happy to say we made the most out of our 3 snow days.  Many trips outside to sled and snowboard down the hill, followed by hot chocolate and a movie while the clothes were warming up in the dryer then right back out to the snow.  We made our snow family and had friends join us on the hill every day.  Gay and Rob came over and Rob built a ramp, made a LOT of difference in the fun level of the hill.  It melted fast and we never lost power so all in all a perfect mini vacation!

Just ran across a GREAT idea on Pinterest tonight and tried it with the boys.  Glow sticks in the bathtub.  It was a HUGE hit, I’d highly recommend trying it.

After the lack of snow yesterday, we went to bed last night with hopes of waking up to some white stuff.  Carlos was the first up and I knew the minute I saw his face that we had some snow.  Turns out we got about 5 inches!  Our friend, Rob, came over for some sledding and we got out the snowboard.  Levi and Carlos were naturals.  Trey stuck to the sled and had a blast.
We came in and warmed up for awhile and then hit to slopes again.  Some of the boy’s friends from school and our friends Gay and Rob stopped in and we had such a great time.  So glad to now have anywhere to go so we can just hang out as a family and have fun.

 Since we haven’t seen much snow (although we cling to the hopes of the 6-12 inches is still coming) I thought I’d post some old pictures of us in the snow.  Enjoy.  Hope to add to these with some great shots of tomorrow…

We have been hearing over the past week about “Snowmageddon 2012” hitting the Northwest.  We awoke with much anticipation to a slight dusting of snow on the yard.  The boys, being 6, 7 and 8 year old boys, thought it was pretty cool and decided to head out and make a snowman.  Much to my surprise, they actually did it.  It’s about a foot tall but very cute.  It was supposed to have a baby carrot nose and grapes for eyes but Abbie ate them before they made it on the snowman. 

Just to be fair, although I still wouldn’t call it “Snowmageddon” we did get another 1/2″ or so later this afternoon.  They say we’re not done but we’ll see.  I live where I live because I can drive to the snow if I want to play it in but don’t much like it coming to me.