Sledding for the First Time

We had snow over the weekend, not much, but enough to require shoveling and snow blowing.  Jon was talking up sledding to Nate, but Nate was uninterested.  So, Jon decided to show him what sledding was all about.  Jon got out the sled and headed down the front yard.  Nate and I watched from the door.  After Jon got to the bottom, Nate looked at me and said "Mommy, I think yes." We tried sledding in the front yard, but it was not a good choice, too close to the road and the cars.  So, we bundled everyone up and headed over to a local sunken baseball field with great sledding hills.

Daddy and Nate making the long walk back up the hill

And A video of Daddy and Nate heading back down

What Happens When You Take a 3 Year Old Washer/Dryer Shopping

So a Nate Walks into a Bar...

This was taken in October... at the lunch after my grandfather's funeral.  I love the goofy face... too cute!

Happy Thanksgiving from Nate

Nate must have been very busy at school last week because when he came home on Tuesday he had a backpack jammed full with Thanksgiving crafts:

His "Thankful Pumpkin"

His Turkey

His Pilgrim Hat

And a Native American Headband

N A T E spells Nate

Nate knows how to spell his name, but he is just learning how to write it.  The other day we were playing with Playdough and Nate shaped all the letters of his name entirely on his own.  He then arranged them on the table, and although they are backward it is still pretty impressive

More funny Sh*t Nate says

• We were talking about how everyone in the house snores and Nate says, "Daddy, I don't even know how to snore."
• Jon asked Nate" Nate, why does mommy have an attitude?"  Nate replied "Because she has a vulva." (either he doesn't know what he is talking about or he knows too much, I can't decide)
• While watching a Phineas and Ferb episode featuring chicken soup Nate says to me, "Mommy, I don;t like chicken soup... it makes me allergic to cats."

Fall 2011

Nate and I have been busy this fall.  We have discovered some new playgrounds and a big hill to climb again and again.

We ate cupcakes... yum!

And relaxed... on dog beds... in Petsmart.

And we were struck down by illness... a double ear infection for Nate just in time for Halloween... He never made it off the couch, poor baby.

But once the antibiotics kicked in he started to feel more like his normal self...