he was lost but now he's found

Silas loves his ducky.  Last Tuesday his ducky was lost.  I could not find it anywhere: I looked in all the toy boxes and under every bed.  I even ran out in the snow to check in the trunk of the tricycle on the front lawn. No Ducky.

On Thursday the boys and I went to Pamida and amid all the Easter basket fillers was a pretty cute ducky.  Now, Silas is in no way dependant on his ducky to sleep or be calm or anything, but I missed his ducky because it was just so cute to see him hug it, carry it around, and say "ducky!"  So I bought the substitute ducky and he liked it pretty well.

Then, Today!   Kael knew I had been looking for the ducky, so when he opened up the trunk to his Lightening McQueen he ran right over and told me he'd "found the ducky!"  These pictures are from a few moments afterwards. 

This is the real ducky!

Moments from my week

Silas just loves waking up to soft, fuzzy, friends in his crib.  He gives them the most adorable hugs and hangs onto them until I get him out in the morning!

Fruit boquet for a young womens activity.  I must say this one turned out better than my first attemp.  One of the young women suggested using parsley as a filler.  I did and it looks so much better!

These two sweethearts where my helpers! ;)

This is the frost formation on the railing this morning.  Doesn't it look like a brutal weapon of some sort.

hang on!

I took this picture with  my phone and for some reason it says it ts too large to send to anyone via text.  I think it is SO adorable, therefore I had to show Silas' smile to everyone since I couldn't text it!

And yes... sometimes you just have to hang on and the weather will change.  We got to soak up some sunshine at 59 degrees today!

Relentless Winter

First of all I would like to apologize to all who live in my small town. Apparently is going to stay cold until I finish the blankets I am trying to make for the boys bedroom.  The weather must know that I will never finish the project if it is nice enought to play outside.  I am sooooo sorry, but I am working on them as fast as I can! ;)

We are running out of ideas for inside activities, but here are a couple of our constant favorites.

Eating is always a good way to spend our time and olives are super fun!

We love the marble track.



A few times in the past three weeks the temperature has dared to rise 15-20 degrees above zero.  We have tried to sieze those precious opportunites and run outside!