Week 41

We're getting tired of all of this snow!  Ryan has had 6 snow days this month and it is not fun getting stuck in the house; he's not too crazy about playing in the snow once his clothes get wet.  We weren't sure how he was going to handle it, but he did really well on one of the days when we dropped Julia off at her school and he didn't get to go.  He can still be very stubborn at times and not like changes in routines, but he seems to be doing much better accepting our explanations to situations.  We received one of the "schools closed" calls while in the garage loading the kids into the car, and I thought it was going to be really difficult getting Ryan back into the house.  He was a bit confused and kept his shoes and coat on for about 10 minutes until he felt absolutely sure that we really were staying home.

The kids have been getting a bit silly being indoors.  Here's a video from one of our many snow days this month.

Both Ryan and Julia were very excited when our new musical cake plate arrived.  Here they are practicing for the weekend for Uncle T's birthday cake. 

"Happy Birthday, Take 1"

"Happy Birthday, Take 2"

And here it is for real...

At the end of the video Ryan said he wanted to help blow out the candles, but he didn't get there quick enough.  He spent the next 5 minutes pouting upstairs, but then came down to join us.  I think last year at this time he would have had a meltdown kicking and screaming on the floor in front of everyone, but he's definitely maturing and taking disappointments in stride.

The birthday cake was an ice cream cake and Ryan was fine having a bowl of his own GFCF ice cream.  My mom also brought some of his chocolate chip cookies and when Phil asked Ryan if he could have one he said, "No, those are only for me. They're not good for your tummy!"  I think it's funny how he is now repeating to us what we always have to repeat to him.



Ryan wasn't really into taking pictures but he finally sat down to join us.  But no smiles from Ryan for the camera today!

  

The kids helping Tommy open his gifts.

















And we'll end with one more video, which was taken last month.  This one is so special to us and we were saving it to put on the blog this week to share with everyone that we were having another baby.  While that is not the case anymore, we still wanted to share the video with all of you.  This was the first time while I was pregnant that Ryan and Julia heard my stomach growling and thought it would be a great idea to feed the baby apple sauce.  I'm so happy that we captured this on video!!!

DC