Lots to say.

So the strangest thing happened yesterday morning. We went to bed, and while we hadn't seen daddy all day Friday cause we slept in a bit and were in bed before he got home. We know he drove off in this beautiful sport little car (Mommy's OTHER baby)


When we woke up Saturday morning and looked outside that fabulous car we dreamed of driving our future girlfriends in was replaced by this -

Now while it is a beautiful blue car.... and we must say very comfy and even has 2 brand new car seats in it..... we don't know... we just can't believe it! First Mommy gets a job and we go into day care and now we have 2 sensible cars.... how crazy is that?? Oh well Mommy and Daddy seem happy with the new car and we can actually ride in it so... no complaints here!

Now today Mommy brought some snow in from outside for us to play with... and play we did. Here are some pictures and a video to prove it!

A little out of order.. this is our "after shot"

Mommy building a snow man... Alex is trying to help with a "hat"

So Nate got a little crazy today and filled his arms up with Mr. Potato head parts, his arms were so full he even put a piece in his mouth... again there is video and photos to prove it!

Snowed in Photos

Hey Everyone.... we are so please to report that there is life on this strange snow covered planet. We actually got to go outside today and ventured over to Jacob and Sofie's house to play, thanks to Mommy and Daddy carrying us over the nearly 2 feet of snow still on the ground. And no... we haven't seen a plow since this past weekend.

And we are now automatically uploading pictures to THIS website as we put them on to the laptop. So enjoy all the photos. Here are just a few

This was our house as we saw it when we pulled in on Monday from our weekend away. Big thanks to Mr. Michael for making the partial path.

Our house in the middle of the blizzard

Alex in the very bright sunlight


The snow pile behind us is just the sidewalk.... and that's the "small pile".. up by the house its over 6 feet high... Daddy can't even see over the pile

Also we have raised over 10% of our goal for the March of Dimes. So don't forget to donate..... seriously... what are you waiting for??? It's so easy even Kerrington can do it!

http://www.marchforbabies.org/twadsquad

Also BIG congrats to our friend Mason who is now a big brother. His sister Valerie was born on Monday and made it home before the blizzard. Great timing!!!!!

Videos

Here are some videos from the past few days, including one that Mommy took this morning out in the snow.

Snow removal on route 66 (the vienna/nutley exit)


Alex throwing a birthday party for his friends



Nate draws an apple all by himself



An almost 360 degree view of the neighborhood. (Mommy's camera died before she finished turning around)

We are still here

We survived the big snow storm of 2010. We were at Nana and Grandad's house the whole time..... Mommy and Daddy went to the beach. We have tons of pictures and videos of the roads that Mommy took while they were coming home. We also had our first experience with Daycare... BTW Mommy now has a new job which was supposed to start today.... but apparently people are still snowed in... so in theory she goes in tomorrow and we are off to day care 4 days a week. Oh and Mommy works for the best company in the world. The March of Dimes..... she is helping to orgainze the big walk... which we are still trying to raise money for... don't forget to donate!

More later, we are exhuasted! We will let you know how our first full day of Daycare goes once it happens

The Big Melt of '09

Well the snow is melting, you can see streets and driveways and sidewalks again. There is still snow everywhere and schools have been closed all week, so that means we didn't have PT yesterday or today. However a strange package came from the North Pole, it had stamps all over it from weird places we have never heard of like Canada, Australia and Greece. So we opened it and inside was a cute little elf and a story all about him.

We must have blinked because before we knew it.... he was sitting up in our window.

So here is his deal. He apparently shows up around Christmas time every year (Mommy said there was a big snow storm in the North Pole this year as well so he was a little late getting to us, next year he is probably going to visit us after Thanksgiving) and he sits and watches us all day long and finds out if we are good or bad and every night while we are asleep he zooms back to the North Pole to tell Santa what we did that day and if we were naught or nice. Every morning when we wake up he will be sitting in a new spot and we have to find him. But of course there are rules. We can talk to him and tell him what we want for Christmas, but we can't touch him or he will lose his magic. We also have to name him... so anyone know any good elf names? Mommy likes Noah or Noelle... feel free to leave a comment with your suggestions. hopefully we can name him before Christmas Eve when he goes back home till next year.

So back to the big snow... here was daddy yesterday cleaning off the Nissan.

And here is what our neighborhood looked like in the afternoon when Mommy went to get the mail.

Oh and big shout out to Uncle Todd..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're Home!

So we spent the afternoon Napping at Nana and Grandad's while Uncle Steve and Grandad finished up cleaning up their long driveway and Daddy took a nap and Nana and Mommy wrapped Christmas presents.

Here is Alex pre-nap.

Nate pondering if he will smile for the camera

OF COURSE HE WILL!

While Daddy and us were napping and Grandad and Uncle Steve was outside 2 deer came to visit Mommy and Nana in the basement. They were very close to the windows and didn't run away.... but really how could they run when the snow was up to their bellies?

Crap I've been spotted!

Could you throw me a shovel?

Are you still watching me?

The other one... he/she really just ignored us and ate

So we got home... with minimal complications... our van almost didn't make it out of Nana and Grandad's unplowed neighborhood.... it LOOKED plowed from the house... oh well. It took us a little longer to get home, the beltway had a couple of fender benders which slowed us down. But our biggest surprise was that our fabulous next door neighbors (Jacob and Sofie's Mommy and Daddy) shoveled our driveway while we were gone. YOU GUYS ROCK!!! But our stairs and the little convertible were still covered in snow.. so here is what Maryland snow looks like.

The Nissan as seen from the garage

The other side of the Nissan....look you can see a read view mirror and a little bit of the tire!

The Stairs! ... who has a sled?

When we got inside we got an early Christmas present from Grandma and Grandpap that arrived while we were hanging in Virginia. A table and chair set for our play kitchen!! We LOVE IT!

So that's it. We are tired. Oh and not only was this our first big snow storm... it was also Kerri's first big snow... to see what she was up to and what their snow looked like, visit her blog at http://kerringtonsadventures.blogspot.com/

Here comes the sun....

The sun came out today and the snow has stopped. We were hitting about 24 inches before we went to bed. Well they say a picture is worth a million words... so here are 10 million words.

Before the sun went down

On the table sticking up is a yard stick, Mommy went out and checked how much snow was falling.

Alex and Nate in the window this morning watching Mommy and Grandad take pictures

The front yard this morning

Nana and Grandad's mailbox

The woods

Alex excited to see Mommy on the front steps

Aunt Coco's car.. which Uncle Steve is borrowing over winter break

Our van

The backyard

Oh the weather outside is.....

STILL SNOWING!!!! We are still at Nana and Grandad's and the snow is up to 20 inches!!!!! More pictures will be added shortly. Just thought you would like the update!

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

So yesterday we went to Nana and Grandad's and spent the night, Mommy and Daddy joined us after we already fell asleep for the night. When we woke up, it was a winter wonderland. Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben came to play with us for a little bit.. Nate didn't mind the snow but after Alex's mitten fell off he wasn't having it. Here are pictures (and we will add more as this storm progresses) from this morning and afternoon.

Nana's back yard at about 8am

Our van is under there somewhere (8am)

The front yard (8am)

Nate

Nate and his Godmama (Aunt Katie)

Nate and Mama

Alex and Daddy... very unhappy about his cold hands

Uncle Ben and Aunt Katie

The backyard about 2:00 - 16 inches!!!

The patio funiture is under there somewhere! (2pm)

Let It Snow!!!!!!!!!!!

We woke up today and it was raining...... AGAIN.......but then something strange started happening... it started to SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It kept falling all day long. Daddy took us out in the morning while Mommy was doing some Christmas shopping... but of course Mommy had the camera in her pocket book so no pictures then. But after Nate's nap (Alex chose not to nap) we both got to go outside and play again with Mommy and Daddy... and the camera... before it got too dark. Here are some of our photos from today.

Alex

Pointing to #2

Nate and Alex

Daddy and Alex

Mommy and Nate

Afterwards we came in and warmed up and got into our pajamas and had dinner... and then we started to climb all over Daddy.

Nate's turn

Alex's turn