Snow! Jack got to put on all his winter gear yesterday and play in the snow before it melted away. I tried to make a snowman for him, but he had more fun knocking it down. So I kept making him snowballs, stacking them, and letting him push them over. Trystin showed him how to make snowballs and start a snowball fight. At supper that night, the restaurant had snowflakes hanging from the ceiling - every once in a while Jack would look up, point, and say "Snow! Snow!"

After supper, we headed over to Tommy & Steph's place. Curtis wanted to drool over Tommy's very sophisticated entertainment setup, and Trystin wanted to play Transformers. Jack had fun checking out everything else. He did laps around the coffee table chasing the train. And when Jack finally decided to join everyone downstairs, he was very excited to see the "rock" which he learned was actually a turtle.

Max has become quite amused with himself. He now has his "regular" giggle and his "I'm so funny" laugh. Max can entertain himself for long periods of time playing peek-a-boo with his blanket - he LOVES covering his own face.

Jack likes singing and dancing today. Earlier he was boogeying with Dora the Explorer, and here he is singing a new song...

And congratulations to my cousin Jamie & Whitney for their new little girl Olivia!

Yeah for a big boy bed! Curtis converted Jack's crib into a toddler bed on Wednesday. As you can imagine, Jack loves it. He is so excited to sleep in his "big bed" and to be able to get up on his own. He does not like the dark, so when he gets up he comes straight to our room and no where else...at least yet. This morning he wanted to play in his bed with his pillow and covers. And then Jack said to me, "Cheese. Picture." So I took his picture.

And this picture is pretty indicative of Trystin's week....

Max is a tripod! Well, not exactly, but he is working on mastering sitting with the help of his arms.

And Jack likes "pee-ah bah." For those not fluent in toddler speak, that's peanut butter.

"Why don't you eat clowns? MOO!" Well, the joke isn't exactly supposed to go that way, but that's the way it came out when Trystin and Jack were trick or treating with their friend Chloe. Jack the cow had a great time trying to keep up with the big kids running from house to house. Of course, he couldn't keep up for long and had to come back to Big Jack's house to hand out candy while Trystin and Chloe raced on for more goodies. (For the record, you don't eat clowns because they taste funny).

Max is venturing into the domain of solid foods. Saturday was his first day to try rice cereal. And today he just gobbled his second bowl of cereal right up. Tonight at supper Max was studying each of us intensely to see how we ate - I think he thinks he's ready for more solids already!

Curtis shocked his coworkers with his pastry skills on Thursday. He told his coworkers about an apple pie he had made at home, and no one believed him, so he promised to bake another and bring it in for everyone to try. Curtis being Curtis went all out - the pie was a carmel apple pie decorated with apple and leaf cutouts and a sugar coating to make it sparkle. The pie didn't last long at work, and everyone now realizes Curtis can bake.

Boy, what a couple of weeks. I don't have a lot of time at the moment to give a lot detail (Jack has been patient enough letting me get all my pictures loaded), but just know we had quite a bit of fun until the last week when everyone got sick (I had a fever for 5 days and then lost my voice for 2 days after that). At least I got our pictures ready for your viewing pleasure....

I finally had to admit Curtis is right....Jack is a big boy. He had his 18 month checkup yesterday. He is at about the 75th percentile for weight and off the charts for height. So yes Curtis, Jack is a big boy.

After the doc visit, I picked up Alex & Andy Hopkins to come play. We headed to Yellowbanks Park, where Trystin & Andy played Hulk and ran from Jack the Baby Monster. Even Max got to have fun at the park - he loved the swings and the fresh air.

And Curtis owes me another chick flick. Don't ask....just know I'm horrible at picking movies.