Meet...

Ella, the newest member of our family. We have several Ella's in our house....stuffed animals, babies, and now a snowman. The girls had a great time outside this afternoon with the neighbor kids. Oh, how I love the creativity....lego face and buttons!

Hard to see, but today it snowed the most beautiful snowflakes!

To Each His Own...

This afternoon, Bob said, "Honey, wanna help me shovel"? In my mind I was thinking, "no, I'd rather pluck my leg hair out...one by one". But of course, all he does for me without complaining, I said, "sure". Little did I know what he had in mind. (Quick overview of the weather the last few days....rain/sleet for a day and a half and then thick heavy snow on top of that). Let me also mention that he is obsessed with a clean driveway. So, I should've known better. First, he used the snow blower to get the big stuff off....understandable. While he did that I started with the scraper on the sidewalk/step area. 2 hours later....I decided that I would rather risk slipping on the ice, hitting my head, lying in subzero temps until I came to.......than do that again. Oh, and did I mention, we are suppose to get 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow!

Oh, how she loves....

to cook. Actually, both girls love to help me. We started something new this year and the girls seem to love it. I let them pick a recipe from one of my many (slightly to never used) cookbooks. They then get to follow the recipe and help make the entire meal. While one is cooking, the other one is paging through the cookbooks....looking for her next meal. This particular night, Jordy picked cheeseburger macaroni hotdish. We all loved it!
What would cheeseburger macaroni hotdish be without.....

brownies to follow.