No School!

An amazing amount of snow today. I kept thinking of my brother throughout the day...how we used to play for hours out in the snow. So glad Joey has his friend from down the street to play with. Owen much rather be inside with Daddy reading books and making messes. Joey and I spent hours outside today...but it's fun for him to have a friend...so not cool to be building snow forts with your mom. So I watched the two boys play...shoveled the drive way three different times(although looking out the window you would never know it) and missed my brother today. Definitely Vermont/Canada snow...wish I was closer..we would have had fun.

Snow Day!!!

We love a snow day!!!! Joey and I spent hours out in the snow (Owen lasted about 20 minutes). We went sledding down the hill at the end of our street, Joey stayed to play at a friends house while I returned to shovel the driveway. Had about an hour to work on one of my grad papers as Owen fell asleep on the couch watching Sesame Street (so much like Uncle Chris).

Time out number three

Here is stinker...sad, sad, monkey because mom and dad won't let him throw scissors in the toilet, climb the bookshelf, run out in the snow in his socks, hit his brother, pull all the toys off the shelf, toss his brother's Pokemon cards across the room, or fling his spoonful of cheerios. Right now he is shouting "Mama Nice" from his time out spot. Two minutes goes by quick...will have to post fun-snowday pictures later.

Happy New Year's Eve!

After toying around with the idea of going to First Night Newtown...or going to see the fireworks downtown, it was Joey that decided he wanted to spend the entire day in his pjs not getting dressed to go anywhere and he did just that. We just put Owen to bed...going to make a coffee w/ Baileys and watch Harry Potter...lovely. Figured I would take a moment to post the Christmas pics meant to put up a week ago.

Christmas Eve

Spent the day decorating the tree, cleaning, wrapping, food shopping and playing with the boys. Christmas Eve church service with the family, stopping to looking @ lights on the way home and opening "Christmas Eve Pjs." We were tracking Santa's progress throughout the day. Joey went to bed when Santa was in Mexico, only to wake up at 1am, 4am and 6am...just to "check on things."

Nice weekend moments...Joey reading Christmas
stories to Owen, Owen's first Christmas play at
St. Paul's Preschool, SNOW!! baking cookies, shopping, cookie exchange w/ some fun ladies...a little kid-karaoke, writing Christmas cards, wrapping gifts and a 2 hour delay!! Starting to feel like Christmas!

It's Friday!! Finally!

What a long week! My students have been geared up because of the holidays..all the teachers stressed, me included, about fitting in "all this work" before the break. My last class of my graduate course is on Wednesday...huge project needs to be submitted so I know instead of getting ready for the holidays, I will be spending one more weekend with my nose in my textbooks. The boys are excited for Christmas, Joey just completed this "wordle"...Owen is busy taking all of the ornaments and lights out of the boxes marked "Christmas." I am finding it hard to explain to my two year old that the decorations need to wait until I turn in my 16 page paper.

Oh! Really good news...Owen had his 3 month check in at CHOP. We met with his oncologist, went over the MRI results and met with the neuroopthalmologist. The tumors continue to be stable and Owen tested within the normal range of acuity for the first time. So life goes on, thankfully, and we visit CHOP again in another 3 months.

8 school days left until winter break...I so need a breather!