Snow and Christmas tree

Friday evening it took me 2 hours 45 minutes to get home from work. I was going 3 mph for an hour and a half. This is going to be one long winter!! UGH! There was only a couple inches of snow for that hour and a half. Saturday morning Eric got up to shovel the driveway. When Evan finished his cereal he went out to join him. He had to bring out the tractor and trailer again:-) When Alex finished his waffle he wanted to look out the window and watch them.

A short time later....................Not sure what he was crabbing about! Eric said maybe it was this yoga position:-)

During my long commute on Friday Evening Eric brought out "The Polar Express" for the boys to watch. They are captivated by it and want to watch it over and over! The MAGIC of CHRISTMAS!

Bob and Gay took the boys yesterday, so it was time for us to break out the Christmas decorations. It was about 50% easier to decorate without them. Funny thing is...Bob and Gay let them help decorate their tree. They said Alex had little interest, but Evan did some decorating. We did leave out a few decorations for Evan to put on the tree when he got home today. He is interested in Santa on the deck, but he is still scared of Santa. This big Santa is on our deck. Eric was just putting him together inside the house.

Eric forgot to put the cover on the grill so he turned it on and was trying to melt the snow off of it. mmmummmm grilled snow!

I think Alex was trying to take ornaments off the tree. He left it alone for the most part. Notice my red neck stockings hanging from the window above the tree. They say you can't put the stocking hangers on the mantle or the kids will pull them down and bang their heads. I thought this was a good way to get use out of them, because the kids can't pull them down. Of course Scooby Doo and Elmo are taken down, because the kids want to play with them, but at least the hangers are out of reach!


Last week Alex decided to vacuum!