Post-Christmas Post - Part II: Snow!

January 10th - snow!


January 20th - more snow!


February 2nd - sooo much snow!





Jack enjoyed playing outside after the snow stopped and the sun came out and warmed things up a little bit. He LOVES the boots he inherited from Ben and good thing too because the February snow covered them. He also enjoyed helping me build a snowman.

Ben enjoyed riding around on the 4-wheeler in the snow with Daddy (as did Jack) and being pulled on the sled. We also ran around and made tracks in the new snow as much as we could 'cause that's just fun!

The boys also enjoyed digging out their bikes/vehicles and trying to ride them around in the snow.

As I type this we are getting rain, but the forecast is calling for more snow on Wednesday.

Long Overdue Post - Part I

This one is supposed to be about Christmas, but it's already February and my mind is not as sprightly as it once was, so I've forgotten a lot unfortunately. Pressing on though...

Took a quick trip up to Branson to visit Gigi and Grandpa. Got to see Mrs. Claus and Santa himself walking through the shops as we went to have lunch before heading home. Mrs. Claus gave Ben and Jack candy canes.

Another trip down to Little Rock after Christmas to see Mimama and G-Daddy. The kids were thoroughly spoiled this year! Luckily, they are sweet kids and were not turned rotten by it. =-)


The tree and gifts before the kids got to everything.


Emma got a special pewter baby cup with her name and birth date on it.


Mommy designed and sewed a special comforter for Emma too.


Ben LOVES his metronome and Jack LOVES his kitchen playset!


The kids also got lots of books in December and for Christmas, and Mommy has been stopping at the children's library a lot and getting new books to read.


Colder weather means keeping the kids occupied inside. The boys love playing in the water in the kitchen sink.

On to January...

Ben's First Day of Pre-School

Took a tour of Central United Methodist Church's "Hand In Hand" pre-school program last Thursday and loved it. Ben went with us of course and seemed to like it as well. Their facility is so open and fun, yet they have a locked building where you have to enter a code to get in, plus they run cameras that record to computer in every room. I liked everyone I met including the director and the two ladies who would be in Ben's classroom.

So he started his first day this past Tuesday. I left Jack and Emma at home with Grandpa Huber and took Ben so I could spend some time with him the first morning (and because it was snowing and VERY cold out). Turns out it was completely unnecessary! As soon as we took his coat off and put his things away he went straight to playing with new toys. When I told him I was going to go he didn't seem to care at all - a great relief to me!

When I went to pick him up (a little early at 2:15 instead of 2:30) the first thing he said was "Why are you here?" Then he asked me if he could ride the school bus. =-)

He will go from 8:30am - 2:30pm Tuesdays and Thursdays until he starts kindergarten in the fall.

We still have gymnastics on Friday mornings and are still doing the HIPPY home pre-school. It's pretty busy around here!

More on holiday adventures later!

More Funny Stuff From Ben

Ben: I'm a Professor. I make stuff like cake, ice cream, cell phones... I make all kinds of stuff.

Ben: Would I have a sunny nightmare?
Me: Can you have a sunny nightmare?
Ben: Yeah.
Me: If you want.
Ben: I want.

Funny Things Ben Says

Ben: Mommy, can we have more kids?
Me: More kids to play with?
Ben: No, more kids like that guy who bought Daddy's bucket truck. (He told us he had 7!)
Me: Oh. You want more brothers and sisters?
Ben: No, just boys.
Me: I think we're done honey. You'll just have to be happy with a brother and a sister.

Smarty Pants

Ben

I was reading Parenting magazine a couple of weeks ago - there are a lot of toy ads in it. Ben was sitting beside me and we came to an ad with a light switch on it. It said "ON" at the top and "OFF" at the bottom. Benjamin pointed to it and said "Mommy, why does this say 'on' and this says 'off'?" I have been wondering just how much he can read when he doesn't say anything.

Today I was getting his shirt ready for him to put on. It's an IZOD which the tag clearly states. He was looking at it upside down and said "Why does that say 'ZOO'?" I'm pretty darn impressed!

Jack

Yesterday Jack saw some bananas on the counter and was motioning that he wanted one. I started it for him and handed him the whole banana thinking I would most likely end up with banana mushed into the floor. I was wrong! He ate down to where the peel stopped, then he peeled it some more, ate some more, etc., until it was all gone. Then he threw the peel in the trash!

Emma

Last night, Emma slept 12 hours only waking up once. She has not done this... maybe ever. I guess between the growing and teething she just needed to eat more. We'll see if the trend continues. She is getting much better at sitting up and not falling over. I'm betting we have crawling soon after Christmas.

Post Thanksgiving Picture Post

Finally uploaded pictures of the boys during their camping trip with Daddy & Gigi & Grandpa.

Eating s'mores:


The view from their window is good...


Miss Emma is sitting up by herself now.
She also got her first tooth (lower right) on December 1st!


Ben wanted me to take a picture of his play-doh parts tower:


Rub-a-dub-dub. Daddy is more brave than Mommy. He gave all 3 kids a bath at once! To be fair though, Mommy did come and get them one at a time and got them dried off and dressed.


A fun Thanksgiving night with the Huber clan:


Down to Little Rock to visit with Mimama & G-Daddy & lots of cousins.
Lots of Grandkids (and Great-Grandkids for Memo):
Left to right - Pat Graham, Billie Galloway, Barbara Maloney, Leslie Peresta
Kaitlyn Floring, Jack, Ben, Emma, Owen Peresta


Great-Aunt Pat is the baby whisperer:


We had a great photo shoot with Aimee in November too! (Elemental Photography)














The tree is up and decorated, the stockings are hung, and Ben got a personalized video message from Santa! Next post should be after Christmas.

Happy Holidays!