And here's the rest of the random pictures from January. It's been so freezing here. I hate January and February so much and this January has really dragged on forever! So glad it's finally over. Now to get through February. We've had many days of severe wind chill warnings (like 25-35 degrees BELOW zero!) One day we were treated with the most beautiful snowflakes, though! I was at the bus stop waiting for Cailin, trying not to die of hypothermia, when I noticed them falling on my sleeve:
Here's a pile of them on the deck.
This is a close-up cropped version: So cute!
You know it's cold out when you wake up to find ice on the
inside of your windows!
Ben had to go through the 5th grade maturation program recently, and he was so funny about it. He and his friends were all just dreading it so bad and trying to find ways around it. Ben was hoping to somehow fall sick those days, but his friend had another plan!
Hahaha. Ben said he actually tried it, too. Of course it didn't fool the teacher at all. Luckily, they all survived another year. Here's Lincoln with one of his favorite foods! It's a cutie orange, but he calls most round fruits balls, which can be confusing.
Always being pestered!
Lincoln one Sunday. We were laughing (in a
loving way of course) about his hair that I had combed. Hehehe.
We've left him in the Nursery at church by himself for the past two Sundays now! I can't say that he's taking it well, though. That first time, he cried almost the whole time, I think. We stayed in the hall for most of the first half, peeping in every now and then, and he was just standing in a corner crying, swatting the hands of anyone who tried to offer crackers, toys, or a hug. So heartbreaking. Jason said when he went to get him he wasn't crying, but as soon as he saw Jason he just broke down in sobs again! This week, Jason brought him in and set him on a little rocking horse and left. We think he was crying for a little while at least. Hopefully he gets used to it soon!
I woke up on the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr Day to find this slipped under our door! Sam really gets into holidays!
One morning I left Lincoln downstairs while I ran up to get some socks. I heard some crys/whimpers, and came down to find this:
It was so hilarious, I had to grab my phone to take a picture before rescuing him! We recently brought Sam's old little ride-on firetruck up from the basement, and even though Link has learned to scoot himself around on it, Cailin loves to run around pushing him!
Lincoln has become pretty obsessed with vacuums. Cailin had this out one day cleaning up a mess, and he had to have it. He vacuumed for about 20 minutes straight, until our ears just could not take the noise any longer!
I had to find our old toy one and all it's parts and with a little tape and new batteries, it works great! Here's the kids having one of their sit-up contests:
And Sam stopping to throw a fit because he was goofing off and lost count of his sit-ups.
One day Lincoln somehow overcame the child lock and got the goldfish box out. I let him have some of his hard-earned spoils for a while, then suggested it was naptime.
He slowly got up, picked up the box, and started for the stairs. With this face!
Silly boy. Here's a couple pictures Lincoln took in church while playing with my phone.
He's gotten good at it, he knows how to slide right to unlock the screen and how to slide up to open the camera! He sees himself on the screen and yells, "baby!"
We haven't gotten too much snow this year, just freezing, freezing cold. Cailin is so excited to get out and play anytime there's a fresh inch or two though!
Our poor snowman the next day! It looks like he's barfing!
Game night--playing Guesstures.
