SNOW DAY IN LAS VEGAS???

Usually when it snows here it snows for one day and then we are done and usually it is just by our house.  Yesterday about 1pm it started snowing and it continue to snow.  It was hilarious, I turned on the tv to watch some random show while I got dinner ready about 3pm and on all of the major tv stations they were covering the snow.  I guess we had our biggest snow storm in 3o years and it even snowed on the strip which it never does.  It kept coming down harder and never let up so by 8pm the school district called a Snow Day for today.  It snowed throughout the night but early this morning it stopped and it has started to melt.  Thank goodness because in a town that only has 4 snow plows it could have got really ugly.  Of course Cade couldn't be happier, he even had yesterday off for Parent/Teacher Conference!  So he gets to join us at Peter Piper Pizza for Claire's Preschool Christmas Party so he thinks he hit the Jackpot.  

I wish I would have taken this picture last night with more snow but this is what palm trees look like in the snow.  

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas?

    

         

Monday around 6am it began snowing in Las Vegas!  It has snowed a couple of times since we have been here but it SNOWED on Monday.  First it was just slushy wet snow but then big fluffy flakes started coming down.  Of course living in Vegas we don't have snow clothes so the kids went through a few outfits but they had a blast.  Casey even came home early and helped the kids build a snow man, yes we had enough snow for a snowman.  

Fun times at Thanksgiving

       

    

My kids love to spend time with their cousins and so of course they had a great time at Thanksgiving.  They had fun with Allie and Laney and I feel bad for them because they think that they are a lot younger than they really are.  Laney is only 5 weeks younger than Chloe and Allie 14 months but they think she is a little baby.  It is so neat to see them interact with each other and see the love and friendship growing between all of them.  They also got to play with Uncle John and Stephanie!

My handy work

   

Last week Chloe wanted to cut her hair short.  I asked her if she wanted to keep it long like Claire's and she said no, she wanted it short.  I was hoping that she didn't want to cut it because I can trim but I don't like to cut off more than an inch.  I was surprised that she didn't want to keep it like Claire's because she wants to do everything that Claire does.  So I got the scissors out and made the call to Casey to make sure he was ok with it.  He was ok with it as long as it was long enough to put into a ponytail, Chloe does look really cute with a ponytail.  So I made the first cut, probably a little too high because I usually have to go back and even it out a few times.  Plus Chloe's hair has a little curl to it so it gets shorter.  Half way through she decided she was done, well it doesn't work that way.  I had to put layers in because her hair is straight on top and curly on the bottom so it wouldn't look funny.  I just did what it looks like they are doing to me when someone is cutting my hair.  So there you go, you didn't know that I could cut hair like that did you?  Hey neither did I!  The second picture is me pleading with her to take her picture and this is what she gave me. Apparently she was really into whatever was on the tv at the time!

One less...

Chloe has had a really hard time with potty training in one area and I am tired of it.  Finally the other day after I had to clean up not only dirty underpants but it smeared on the floor as well, I lost it.  I called Casey and told him I couldn't handle it anymore.  Casey's call to action, get rid of a "night night".  See THIS post to see the significance of this.  He came home from work and took one and put it out in the garbage can.  I was having a hard time with it.  This was her comfort!  Chloe seemed ok and I about caved in when I was putting her to bed that night and she was crying saying, "Where is my other one."  The garbage came the next day and as it was sitting out on the street I was so tempted to go and grab it out.  I called Casey and told him what I was thinking and he thought I was crazy!  If it was up to him he would have gotten rid of both of them.  I have to admit that it is disgusting but she loves them more than anything, aside from her Claire Bear and the rest of us.  So, one is gone and it hasn't helped the potty situation at all.  Oh well, now we only have one wet stinky blanket around.  This picture was taken last week and it was with both of them. 

A Bittersweet Moment for Cade

Yesterday Cade was playing in a friend's backyard and bumped his head while bending over to pick something up and somehow his tooth fell out.  I can only assume that he bit down on it and it came out.  He was standing on the grass looking at it in his hand when his friend (who thought it was a bug) came and whacked it out of his hand.  Cade was NOT happy.  He was yelling at his friend and crying uncontrollably .  I felt so bad for him because it was only his second tooth that he lost.  Casey and I and another adult tried looking in the grass but since we weren't there when it happened we didn't know exactly where it happened and each time we asked the boys the story changed a little.  Luckily we were able to leave a note for the tooth fairy and she left a not back saying that she was able to find his tooth in their backyard and left some money.  He was very happy.  

A Kodak Moment

Looking at this picture, most of you probably wouldn't think of this as a Kodak moment.  With Claire wearing pants, jeans no less, and her hair in braids I had to take a pictures.  For those of you that don't know Claire very well, EVERY DAY she wears a dress unless she is doing an activity where she should wear pants.  This day she went to a birthday party where they were riding horses.  I convinced her that cowgirls wear braids, but it took awhile and she finally gave in.  If it were her choice she would wear her hair down tucked behind her ears.  Luckily she has beautiful hair so she can get away with it.  So, take a moment to look at this picture because it is an extremely rare occurrence.