Winter Wonderland

The snow is still falling as we warm up by the fire after a family play time outside. It was Henry's first time really playing in the snow. We were going to wait until after the snow stopped, but my parents motivated us to get him outside since the snow isn't suppose to stop until tomorrow. Henry liked checking out the falling snow from inside, but we weren't sure how he was going to react to being in the snow and more importantly being in the cold and windy weather...

We quickly realized he was not fan of getting ready for the snow.


The Before Shot

The Action Shot
Doesn't look like he is having too much fun, but after going down the hill, he signed "more"

The After Shot
Henry's cute little cheeks quickly turned red so we didn't last too long outside, but it was a lot of fun and I think he liked Todd pulling him around on the sled. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa McDannell for Henry's snazzy snowsuit.

Fall Fun 09

Here are a few pictures from some of our fall adventures. It's such a blast to get out and see Henry experience things for the first time. Pumpkins apparently are very fascinating!

The Big Reveal

A year and a half after moving in, we finally finished (well almost) Henry's playroom. It took us awhile to pick our theme. We were going back and forth on a few different ones and then I saw one of our options at a friend's house and loved it. So from there, we were pretty much copy cats (best form of flattery, right?). We ordered the decals, a few months went by, bought the paint, painting took a few weeks, had to wait another month according to the decal manufacturer, and then FINALLY, the decals went up. In the meantime, Todd was working on the design and construction of the custom toy chest with a compartment for our TV equipment. Being a big fan of "While You Were Out", I was so excited to finally show Henry is new room. I brought him downstairs, turned him around, opened the doors, he turned around and...he just walked in. No screams of excitement or tears of joy. I guess walking in and playing is what I should have expected. Oh well, hopefully over the next several years he'll enjoy playtime with his sea creatures. We are hoping to at least get 8 years out of this room considering I also painted the ceiling blue! On second thought, under the sea stickers are cool for teenagers, too, or so we'll brainwash Henry into thinking.

Henry's first look at his new playroom

He did like checking out the treasure chest

Reading Corner

Check It Out

Noticing his new friends