Not So Spring

Spring has been TRYING to start but with every nice day we have a week of rain, snow, wind and cold. For some reason I remember it being warmer in April, especially towards the end of April and it was definitely warm by my birthday. I'm not really sure I believe in global warming!!! Anyway, I am posting these pictures to remind us all that the weather could be worse. These picture were taken in February after one of the many storms we had. That snow pile is the side of our driveway and for those of you who don't know, Peter is 6'4". And he didn't get the memo that this wan't a GQ photo shoot!!! LOL

Happy Birthday Preston!

I have had this partly written for a few weeks now but didn't have a chance to finish it. Now that I have the week off, I have no excuses. So I guess better late then never. On March 25th, 2011 our little boy turned 3 years old. I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday! Where does the time go? It is moving way too fast for me. I am trying to savor and capture every minute of it. Preston has been obsessed with the DVD Mater's Tall Tales since Christmas and Preston decided that he wanted a Monster Truck Mater birthday party and guess what??? We had a Monster Truck Mater birthday party!!!! Guggie and Poppie hooked Preston up with a completer set of all the Mater's Tall Tales characters. I'd say it was almost better than Christmas!!! So much fun!!! Thanks to all of our family and friends who shared this special day with us.

Faster Faster

That's what Preston says when he is riding his bike!!!! Faster faster faster faster.........

I posted these on Facebook already but I figured I'd better put them on the blog too. Preston loves his new bike that Aunt Sybil got him for his birthday. The weather hasn't been that great around here so he's been riding in the garage every chance he gets. Now he is a peddling master!!!!

Trip to the NYS Museum

Preston is old enough now, so we decided to take him to the Museum. We had a lot of fun (except trying to get him away from the trains). At first he wanted to stay in a single exhibit. It took gummy-bear-bribery to get him to realize that there are many different exhibits. Once he realized that, he really enjoyed the different displays. Especially the different animals and fluorescent minerals.

A good time was had by all.

Let It Snow!!!!

Preston has been waiting very patiently for some snow and we finally get some and it ends up being 9 degrees out with 20mph winds. Luckily he was distracted by all his new toys and not to mention having a nasty cold, we didn't end up going out until Wednesday for a bit then Thursday and Friday it was time for some serious sled riding. We have the perfect yard for sled riding with all kinds of hill slopes. I think I was more scared then he was. He had no fear at all. Just giggles and laughing and kept saying again again again. By Friday we had moved to a steeper hill. This is going to be a fun winter!!!

Merry Christmas

Not many pictures this year (mostly video) but we hope everyone had a magical Christmas. Preston surprised us this year by being so "into" Christmas. He was excited for weeks!!! He loved all the Christmas lights, decorations, special treats, shopping, wrapping, the tree, Christmas shows on TV, and of course all the presents. He was so cute opening his own gifts but also loved watching others open their gifts. We had a great day!! So much, so many new toys. I'll spare you a list but some of the highlights were a hot wheels race track, train tracks for Thomas and friends, DVD's, board games, puzzles, RC car and Alphie. It's been great having the week off to play with all of our new toys. These are all the pics we have for now but there will be more to come. The last picture is Preston pushing Guggie around. He kept saying "I'm pushing Guggie, I'm pushing Guggie" "Look how strong I am." Mom was loving it. Too cute!! I have no idea why his tongue is out.

Gingerbread House

First of all, I can't believe I haven't made a blog post since Halloween. Bad girl, bad girl!!!!

Since Preston is really into helping and crafts (thanks to Kym), we thought it would be fun to try making one of the pre-made, glue everything together with icing gingerbread houses. So the weekend before Christmas, the magic happened. Peter working on the icing while Preston and I  got the candy ready. Well a half hour later plus a few swear words that Peter was muttering under his breath, we were ready to roll. (Evidently the icing direction that came with the kit were totally wrong and since we had never done this before.....) Anyway, we had a ton of fun!!! As I put the icing on, Preston decorated and sampled a few. You could tell by the smile on his face that he was proud of his accomplishment.

Here are the pics: