Happy Valentines From the Milton Boys

 And this is what I sent to the grandparents...

Snomageden 2014

It was a pretty bad storm.  Not in the fact that there was dangerous ice or lots of long term power outages...but in that it came early and it came strong.  Within 30 minutes of the first flake the roads were almost undrivable.  Lots of people had to leave their cars and walk home or to a friends house.  I had friends who took a couple hours to drive a few miles.  It was pretty bad.  Thankfully (I guess) Adam was home with the stomach flu so I didn't have to worry about him driving home and thankfully the boys wake up early meaning we take early naps so we weren't caught out running one last trip to the grocery store (unlike a lot of my friends).  And before you make a "must buy bread and milk joke"...I MUST always have bread and milk (along with bananas and applesauce and several other things that toddlers will ALWAYS eat).  I ran to the store at 8:30 that morning for those things because I knew even if the roads were OK they wouldn't be great and I am not willing to risk it with my kids...plus who wants to scrape a car and bundle the kids to run errands.  Not this girl. In our little world we didn't have to go anywhere or do anything.  We stayed home, we watched movies (sort of), we played and we made the obligatory trip outside to play.

dreaming of a chance to play in the "done)

standing by the window because the blinds are up

this is before the second layer of snow and ice on the road right outside our house

it's rare that I get a photo of me with both boys...let alone a cute one

someone liked throwing snowballs a little too much

my favorite part of this photo is the snot

he was happiest when we let him stand in the garage where his feet wouldn't sink into the snow

the boys took turns (sort of) sledding down our non hill.  As you can tell Hunter was thrilled

Zack LOVED every second.

January Phone Pics

so stinkin cute!

learning

in matching track suits...grumpy old man and OCD basket ball player who insisted I zip his zipper up the whole way

first try on my silhouette

making decorations for Hunters party

loves the kitchen

Adam secretly ordered Papa Johns online 5 minutes before I suggested we order Papa Johns

playing together

Monsters Inc Daze

"Peek-E-Boo Oh Ah"

cutest birthday banner EVER

Ever get a really cute photo taken and wish you hadn't worn your little brothers High School hoodie?

Now that he's one he gets a Harris Teeter cookie

First birthday mail

They don't call it a smash cake for nothing

sick boy

When brother is out of commission little man gets the toys all to himself

This guy took full advantage

This is what 5 am looks like in our house

Hunter got to walk on our walk...not for long though...he isn't the best listener

Zack wondering if he should splash in the mud like I suggested.  He was so worried about getting his shoes dirty.

this just happened all on it's own

when the cupcake shop has a deal...

sorry Hunter none for you 

my new shelves

decided to take the kids out to a Mexican restaurant all by myself.  It went well :)

woke up from nap thinking it was morning...sad because Daddy was at work...I felt bad so I gave him the cereal he asked for...then he was sad he couldn't eat it while his hands were under the blanket.

Date Night

new way of feeding himself

as soon as he can reach this we are really in trouble

finally figured out this whole cupcake thing

first snow

playing in the snow

there isn't a cuter kid dressed in snow gear

Hunter not to happy he has to share the wagon with our "sled"

so thankful this after snow mess is rare in NC 

Post nap

gave him a ball and put on Monsters Inc to get a photo of him sitting still

Made in China...best t-shirt EVER for a half Norwegian