2/12/2008. Alex is getting ready to go play in the snow! There were supposed to be 5-7 inches, but we only got about 3 before it switched to freezing rain and then eventually rain.
Nicholas insisted on swinging. We struggled to get him out of the swing when he was done - not because he didn't want to come - his snow suit and boots were stuck! Luckily, we were eventually able to wiggle him out.
Alex was having a hard time seeing - we had to fix his hat. 
Nicholas loves to crunch the snow.
It was also fun to come inside and get warm. Alex decided to join Nick on the love seat. He's only 2 1/2 and already knows what a delight it is to snuggle up with a good book. That book is about "colors".
He looks sleepy.
Nick just likes to snuggle with his "lellow blank-a."
Alex showing restraint (barely)
1/25/2008 After Christmas, Alex started pretending to be Santa. He had a blue and white hat that was crocheted for him when he was a baby. He wears the hat, or alternatively stuffs it full of small toys. He then very precisely positions his stuffed horse (whose name is usually Scarlet except when Alex is Santa, then the horse is called Rudolph) and other horse toys in front of the sofa or a line of chairs. He then shouts "Ho, Ho, Ho, MER-RY Christmas," and gets off and on his couch sleigh delivering toys or repositioning his reindeer. I knitted him a santa hat to wear so he can use his other hat as his sack.
