Alex has been fascinated with bugs!!! He loves finding lady bugs and scaring the poor creatures into climbing on him and talks to the stink bugs like they are his best friend. So today, in 40 degree weather with a winter coat, hat and mittens, Alex comes over to me and is talking about his new friend bug on his mitten.
At first, I didn't see anything and was then mortified to see, stuck on my son's mitten, a tick. It took a lot to get the tick out of Alex's glove (it kept trying to bury itself in the mitten) and onto the concrete. Then, after going inside for a lighter, I burned the thing until it popped. The last part worried Alex until I told him those bugs bite. Then he wanted to burn it too...
I'm sure this is not our last encounter with the dreaded bugs but at least it had a happy ending!
This past weekend, Abuelo and Uncle Rodger went to Vermont. Alex's souvenir, from the great ski trip, was a nifty car creation book. So tonight, for their reunion, they sat down and made a firetruck (surprise, surprise) and a polica car.
Nothing like starting off the morning with a green icing and sprinkle covered donut. Thanks, Abuela!
while I got forms notarized for work and ran to the library, Abuela joined us in town and we got Alex's hair cut. It took 10 minutes to get all the hair off and a lot of scowling but it's done for a while.
Monday, Pat stayed home from work as we got 2 inches of powerdy snow in the morning. Some sledding was done and then the boys cleaned off the cars. However, this was still not a good enough snow for a snowman....maybe next year?
Sunday, March 1st, we got a light dusting of snow. The excited boys were out in the cold with their newly knitted scraves (yes, I have taken on a new hobby to pass Nick Jr. time). Both boys seemed to have fun and not get too cold.
