Who Is This Santa Claus Guy?

Well Christmas was yesterday and well all had a really good time of it. We stayed at home for the very first time and no one came over. It was nice I really enjoyed the peace.
To start out the day we got up around 8 o'clock and Toby walked out to see what Santa had left for him. This year Santa gave him a beautiful red Schwinn tricycle. It is still a little to big for him to reach the pedals but I give it about another month or two. he got some other cool toys like play tools like daddy's, a mini cordless screw driver and a mini skill saw. HE also received some books and more of the little tonka mini cars that he likes so much.
Troy got his new camera he had been begging me for and some new work clothes and some small miscellaneous items. Troy got me some things for the kitchen and items for around the house and my office.
For dinner we had crab stuffed mushrooms and prime rib slow cooked in the oven with a garlic, pepper italian crust.

All in all it was a good day.

Enjoy the photos and have a happy new year.

My Pet, The Present!!

Well the pictures are from Christmas Eve. It snowed really heavily on Wednesday the flakes looks like giant cotton balls floating out of the sky.

Toby had decided that he had, had enough of looking at pretty presents under the tree. so he started pulling them around the house by their ribbons. it was really funny and it looked as if he was taking them for a walk. He would stop every now and again and just start talking really loudly to get our attention. As if to say can we open these yet?

Our Little Winter Wonderland

Well I meant to report yesterday with our final snow fall total. As you all know it started snowing at 2 o'clock on Saturday, well it did not stop until about 9 o'clock PM Sunday evening. By the time we woke on Monday morning we had accumulated 10.5 inches of snow. I don't remember a time where it had snowed for such a long period of time. I remember a snowfall of similar amount but not duration. This was really a cool thing to see.

Well Toby is now addicted to going outside to play in the snow. he puts his shoes on and tries to reach for the door knob to try and go outside. he has so much fun walking all over the yard and down the driveway.

Today I taught him a fun game to play with Leonard, it is call catch the kitty. I gave Toby a piece of ribbon and showed him to drag it behind him and he realized that Leonard will follow him and react in a crazy fashion. This was very thrilling to Toby so he continued for hours until they both fell asleep.

What a Beautiful Sight!

Well it snowed again last night. the snow started at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and it snowed all night long. Actually it is still snowing right now. We have received about 8 inches already and they are calling for 2-4 more inches by the end of the day.

Yesterday Toby decided to be creative with his lunch and he made a sculpture with a paper plate ketchup a snack cup and a bottle of water. I think he is just as bored with being at home as I am.

What, Snow From Minnesota?

Well I just received official word from my sister Emily that she has sent us snow from Minnesota. I have the picture proof below. Now i know why it got so cold so quickly and now it seems to be sticking around. I will say this for the many of us who are now probably thinking it, thank you very much for the frigid, cold, and snowy weather Emily.