January Slowdown

After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, January has been a nice change of pace. We've spent most of our weekends at home trying to stay warm and dry. A few random shots...

Noah loves his Glow Worm!

Andrew engineered a cardboard box airplane

The boys love their cars. Noah is the mechanic and Andrew drives the ice cream truck. Which also doubles as a crime-fighting vehicle.

Andrew has a star chart, where he can earn stars for his chores and other jobs well done. He accumulated enough blue stars to be rewarded with a trip to the toy store. After much indecision, he picked out a package of balloon rockets. I think Taylor had some influence on this decision, and now I understand why. We all had a great time with them!

On a particularly rainy day, we had a paint party. Andrew insisted that he was painting a picture of the beach. It was a very abstract beach, lots of reds and browns. I think his goal was really to cover every inch of the paper with paint, which he accomplished nicely. It's hanging up in Noah's room now, on the only empty wall big enough to contain such a masterpiece. It actually looks really nice there - I'm thinking of adding a frame.

Noah ate the red paint. I'm pretty sure he thought it was ketchup.

We made a quick trip to the mall...but still had time for a carousel ride...

Hopefully February will bring some sunshine and blue skies. But it doesn't hurt to be prepared for all kinds of weather...