Valentine's Day

 I forgot how much kids love Valentine's Day until they asked me a 100 times if it was time to pass out the valentines at school. Jack was super excited to open his gifts up.

 He got some Pez, a toy car, some Monsters University toys, and some chocolate. I think the chocolate was his favorite. After he opened his valentines it was time to load the car for a Valentine's Day trip.

 We headed to North Caroline to spend a weekend with our old neighbors. Jack loved to playing in the snow. There were a lot of falls.

 I don't think I have ever seen so much snow. Jack loved it. I tried to take a picture with him but he was having too much fun.

2014 First Snow

We have had a lot of cold days this month. We have also had a couple of days with snow. We waited until the temp was in the double digits before taking Jack outside.

We had to be super careful because the drive was was slick. He wanted to build a snowman. Unfortunately, there was not enough snow.

Due to the cold temp the weather man suggested no longer then 10 to 15 mins outside so we had to go back in. Jack was so upset when we were trying to get him in he tried to build a snowman.

Christmas 2013

This was a very exciting Christmas for Jack. He loves opening gifts. However, he is super slow....he has to take off every single piece of paper. We were very surprised he went for the small gifts first. I think he did not realize the big things were gifts.

When Brent showed him one of the big gifts he was excited to open it. When he saw the train/car table he wanted to stop and play. We had to pull him away to open the other gifts.

After opening some of the smaller gifts he headed to the other big gift to rip it open. He was excited to see the easel, but more excited about the markers he got to use.

Then Jack gave Daddy the gift he made at school. The piece of art work is already hanging in our breakfast nook. Jack's last gift from Santa was a Jesse doll. He loves "Toy Story" and could not wait to get Jesse out of the box.

I think he wanted to wear the hat. Then Mommy and Daddy opened their gifts.

Jack was excited to empty his stocking and check all of his stuff out. Then it was time to play with the train/car table. Jack had to check it out top to bottom. We spent the rest of the day playing.

The Weekend and Night Before Christmas

 Jack was very excited this year about opening presents. One of his new favorite things to say is "Open it." He could not wait for us to get finished eating so he could start opening gifts. He got two of the planes from the movie Planes. He would not put them down. As he opened other gifts he held on to the planes.

 He was just excited to take every piece of paper off each box. He was over whelmed with all the gifts and so excited he did not wanted to go to sleep.

 On Christmas Eve we opened our PJs. I think Jack was a little sad to see he only got PJs. He was excited about seeing the planes on them.

 He wanted to help open Daddy's and Mommy's, and was disappointed when there were only PJS in the boxes.

 This year it was a little harder to take a family photo. I would get the camera set up, set the timer, run over, and Jack would not sit still. This was the best photo I could get. Daddy helped sprinkle the reindeer food this year. Jack was more excited about seeing the moon outside.

 We left chocolate milk for Santa this year. Jack got his first taste of chocolate milk and drank it all. I read The Night Before Christmas to Jack and then it was time for bed.

Getting Ready for the Holidays

We have been very busy getting ready for the holiday season. We finally found a dining room table that we liked. Jack had to help Brent put the legs on. He would watch Brent then try to do the same thing on the other side.

When we got out of school the Tuesday before Thanksgiving it was snowing. This is a picture I took while sitting at the red light. It snowed so hard on the way home it was hard to see. We have been out of school for one snow day and released two hours early another. No big snow yet.


We purchased a fake tree this year. Jack had to be the first one to put an ornament on the tree. He got to put his train ornament on first.

Jack made a chain at daycare to count down the days to Christmas. He liked pulled it apart.

Parker came to play and spend the night. Jack was very sweet and shared all his toys with Parker.

No holiday season is complete without a trip to see Santa. Jack has never been scared of Santa or any person dressed up....until now. He was fine talking to Mrs. Clause but when it came time to sit on Santa's lap he was not happy. So this year I smiled and had my picture taken with Santa.