Cookie Decorating..again

A couple of weeks ago we went to another cookie decorating class at Panera. This time they had cute little aprons for all of the kids to wear. Ryan had a great time playing in the icing. He also really loved the pink sprinkles. I am not sure whether more of it wound up on his face or in his mouth.

Ok..I am ready to make a cookie!

Yum!

Snow Fun!

This past weekend we were hit with the biggest snow storms to hit this area in many, many years. For Jeff and I it was also the most snow either one of us had ever seen!!! We didn't have a measuring device but from the looks of things and from local measurements we guess we were right around the 2 foot mark!!!!

We had fun playing in the snow and even more fun watching Ryan react to it. Sunday we spent about 3 hours shoveling our cars out of the snow. I wish I had taken more pictures of just how buried they were. I could not believe that they could get buried like that in such a short period of time.

Enjoy the many pictures I have posted below. I also have a video and I apologize in advance for laughing in the background. All I could think of when Ryan would get stuck was that kid from a Christmas Story.

Ryan stepping out into the snow for the first time...

woah that's a lot of snow..

dig, dig, dig...

Hi Mommy...

Going for a ride...

I'm stuck...

past Mommy's knees and still falling..

Family pic! (minus Owen who was warm and toasty and sleeping inside)

watching Daddy shovel again...

And the digging out began...

Somewhere under all that snow is Jeff's car. Mine is next to his over to the left.

getting ready to sled down the hill..

Snow Mountain

cute Ryan warm inside...

Gingerbread House...

Last weekend Jeff and Ryan built a gingerbread house together. It was both of their first times to ever do such a thing. They both had fun decorating the house. In the end it wasn't the prettiest gingerbread house ever constructed but it gave us some wonderful memories. :)

Cookie Decorating

Yesterday we went to our local Panera Bread for a cookie decorating activity. I had expectations of Ryan not sitting still and running around like a mad man the entire time. I think the fact that there were some older kids there as well really helped him to understand he needed to sit. They gave all of the kids chef hats to decorate as well as an apron to wear (we did not do the apron thing though). After the hats were decorated, the kids got instructions from the Panera instructor and then were given gingerbread men with a tube of frosting, a container of sprinkles and a container of M&Ms and raisins.

Ryan helped me put the sprinkles onto the gingerbread man and also helped me give him eyes, a nose and mouth. After his face was done Ryan discovered that sprinkles were tasty. His favorite were the yellow ones. He kept saying yum yum over and over and over. Then he figured out that the little black things were actually tiny raisins. Raisins that tasted super yummy when they had icing on them!

Overall the cookie decorating was a big hit and we plan to do it again when they do Valentine's cookies!

Nope...not gonna wear the hat.

Carefully choosing what to taste next..

He had several sprinkles stuck to his face...

So I tried the hat again when he was distracted by the tasty sprinkles and raisins...

The finished product...

Oh and I can't forget to mention Owen. Owen is getting SO big! There was a lady at the cookie decorating that just had a baby girl. Her little girl was a month old yesterday and she could not believe how much bigger Owen was! She kept saying things like...so my baby is going to be big like that in just a couple of weeks?!

Fun at Cox Farms...

This morning we took a trip down to Cox Farms for their Fall Festival. They had lots of fun family things to do. Ryan got to see cows, pigs and piglets (just born yesterday), feed goats, go on big slides, pick out his own pumpkin, play and run like crazy! We were going to go on a hay ride but there was a big sign that said it might be too bumpy for expectant mothers and Jeff said no way. We have too much to do still before B2 arrives so we better not risk going into labor by choosing to go on a hayride. LOL I am supposed to go on a hayride in about a month and I know from experience that one IS bumpy! Maybe then it will be "ok" according to Jeff. :)

Picture overload coming....

Saying hi to the big gorilla..

blowing him kisses..

Out of focus, but still VERY cute!

Going down a giant slide with Daddy...

Seriously, it was big!

Time to feed the goats...

They are funny...

Really funny...

Checking out the cows...

Future train conductor...

Ryan greeted all the other children that got on his train car with a big "Hi!" He is SO friendly...

Waving Hi to Mommy...

Ryan and Daddy in the great big yellow chair...

Picking out his pumpkin...

Ryan loved having his picture taken in the pumpkin patch...

so cute!

laughing at Daddy...

cuties..

Ryan and Mommy (34 weeks pregnant)..

Time to go...Ryan waves bye..

Snoozing in the car...