Day 31

It started raining about 10am today.  Even tho they were going to get out at 11:45 'cause of the weather, I picked the kids up at 10:45!  Got everyone home & snug in the house.  It rained off & on all afternoon.  We ended up with ice but not as much as they thought we might get.  Now, we wait for the snow......Might get up to 2 feet of snow.  YIKES!!!!

Day 30

We're expecting an UGLY winter storm starting tomorrow sometime.  We could loose power as we're expecting maybe in INCH of ICE!!!  Scott went to the library today & I asked Becca to go & pic me up a book so I'd have something to read if I lost my computer & TV.  She decided I was going to be snowed in for a LONG TIME.  She got me 6 magazines & a book that contained two books.  Oh well, at least I'm ready!! 

Day 29

Doesn't Jack seem to be saying "Help me!!"  There is a love/hate relationship between Jack & Nick.  Nick LOVES Jack but I really don't think the feeling is mutual.  In this pic, Nick is taking Jack into his room.  Most likely, Jack will fall asleep once he gets there but, he doesn't seem to want to go.

Day 28

I'm sitting at the basketball game, taking pics.  Becca's sitting at the basketball game, taking pics.  Yes, she took SOME pics of the players.  I think this pic of her pic is too funny!!  The brown crocs are mine, the blue; hers.  LOL

Day 27

Back to McDs today.  Since I've been sick, the only thing that EVER sounds any good is ICE CREAM!!!  The carmel sundae sure hit the spot!!!

Day 26

I took no pictures today :(  But, here's a pic taken a few days ago of Jack.  Sleeping in Scott's office.  On top of his baseball cards.  Silly Kitty!

Day 25

Basketball game tonite.  Still trying not to inundate you w/pics of my kid.  After the game, we stopped at McDs where Nick decided he was REAL hungry!!!  He wanted the 20 piece McNugget.  Somehow, a 20 piece nugget meal sound much more impressive than what it was; 2 10 piece nuggets.  <sigh>  He did eat the whole thing, including a large fry!!

Sorry about the REALLY crappy pic.  I didn't realize that at some point, I switched my camera to Manual Focus instead of Auto.  Half of my game pics were blurry too.  :(

Day 24

What causes an icicle?  I was driving thru South Roxana today & noticed LOTS of house with HUGE icicles dripping from their eaves.  What causes them??  Why don't I have any??  Is it bad insulation causing heat loss??  Is it the position of the house in relation to the sun??  I think they look cool. 

Day 23

More snow.  BEAUTIFUL snow!!  It was so nice to sit & watch it snow, pretty much ALL day today.  Didn't accumulate too much which is good since I have to go to the doctor first thing tomorrow & Scott has to drive to Chicago!  Didn't do anything today but surf the net & watch the snow!

Day 22

So, Scott goes out to dig the car out from the snow.  Somehow while walking thru the garage out to the car, he doesn't notice the garage door hasn't opened all the way & runs SMACK into the bottom of it.  OUCH!!!  The thing bled & bled & bled!!  He hit the door so hard, it knocked the door off it's track!!  Luckily, he just had the cuts on his face, no brain damage.  now, if he could just explain HOW he didn't see the door wasn't open....

Day 21

I can drive THRU it!!!

This is taken at our mall, by what used to be Pasta House. 

Back story:  A few years back, we had some snow.  My parents were going to meet us at Pasta House for dinner.  Scott & I got there early (this was so long ago, we had no KIDS!)  We see my parents drive by & wait for them to come in.  And wait.  And wait.  And WAIT!!!  They don't show.  Finally, they come in.  Seems dad thought he could drive OVER the pile of snow between the parking rows & got his car stuck.  We ate dinner & then helped push dad's car over the snow.  Now, it's a standing joke whenever we see a pile of snow to announce "I can drive thru it!" 

For the record, this pile of snow is at least a 6' high.  I think even my dad wouldn't have tried to drive thru this one!!  LOL

Day 20

WOW!!!  I'm a LONG way behind.  Here's some catch-up!!!

We did get more snow than we have in YEARS!!  Lots o'snow.  Some pretty pics of the SNOW!

Day 19

SNOW!!!  We're supposed to get a dumping overnight tonite.  We had less than an inch at 10pm and school still wasn't closed.  But, it was falling fast & furious & I am SURE it'll be closed by tomorrow when I get up. 

And, just to let you know, Nick's new game he got yesterday?  He got GROUNDED from it today.  Gave him 3 little tasks to do before he left for school; he did NONE of them.  Not even putting the juice away!!!  Felt bad but, what's a mom to do???

Day 18

It's LITTLE BIG PLANET 2 DAY!!!

Last Christmas, when we got Nick his PS3, it came with Little Big Planet.  It looked like a lame baby game to me and I was worried Nick wasn't going to like it (at that point he was only getting 3 PS3 games so I was worried he wouldn't have enough to enjoy his new present).  Well LPB was a HUGE hit with Nick (and everyone else I guess).  It's main character is Sackboy and the COOLEST thing (I think) about Sackboy is you can dress him in costumes.  Most costumes are free, some cost money but Nick's big time into buying Sackboy cool costumes.

Anyway, LBP2 was supposed to come out in October.  But, just when Nick had saved enough money to buy it, the pushed it back to JANUARY!!!  WHAT????  Nick didn't think he'd last until it came out.  He ended up getting enough money for Christmas to buy the "Collector's Pack" thru Amazon.  It came with a small stuffed Sackboy, bookends for his games and LOTS of cool "down loadable content" that included MORE COSTUMES!!!

The UPS man didn't come before Nick got home from school.  Nick must have SENSED the brown truck before it go her 'cause he was out the door like a SHOT & the guy didn't even get a chance to get out of his truck.  Nick even had enough time to play a bit before the basketball game.  Nick was hoping for a snow day so he could play all day.  No luck.  But maybe on Thursday????

Day 17

This is Nick's tower of video games.  These are JUST the games for his PS3!  The games for his Wii & GameCube are organized in his drawers.  I don't know WHY he decided these games needed to be kept in their boxes, on his armoire, next to his tv, but he did.  I wonder if this is all?

Day 16

When we all sit around the table, Jack thinks HE belongs on a chair too.  Sunday, while we were reading the paper, Jack jumped to the only unoccupied chair & decided to sleep.  Even tho we kept putting the parts of the paper we were done with on him, he didn't care.  Of course, as soon as I got my camera, he opened his eyes.  Silly Kitty!

Day 15

Went to dinner tonite at Pasta House w/Grandma Evie.  Scott & G'ma took off for Aunt Jackie's and the kids & I headed to Best Buy & Michael's.  After we got home, Becca & I were watching TV in the living room & Nick asked to borrow my (little) camera to take a pic of his video game.  When he gave the camera back to Becca, she took this shot of him.  I don't get many pics of Nick (at least not when he KNOWS I'm taking the pics!) so I'm using it for today's pic of the day!  He's getting so grown up!!!

Day 14

GREASE FOLDER!!!  To those of you who aren't lucky enough to have a Jack in the Box restaurant in your area, this is the greatest taco ever!!!  Deep fried & greasy!!!  Beyond yum.  Right now, you can get 2 tacos, fries, a Jumbo Jack & a drink.  Love it!!!

Day 13

I threw some bread out in the backyard.  Apparently, they wanted some more & came up on the deck to ask for it.  Since I wasn't home, I guess they just walked around looking to see what might be under the snow.  (after this pic was taken MORE bird tracks appeared on my deck!)

Day 12

Winter Wonderland

Shots taken while running around after our Monday/Tuesday snowstorm.