Fond memories

When I was a kid and my grandmother came to visit she always made pierogis around the holidays. I love them but have never tried my hand at making them. Kate over at A Simple Walk brought back some fond memories for me today as she talked about making them with her mother and grandmother. and man hers looked oh so yummy!

Makes me really miss my family. I would love for my mom to teach me how to make these and nutrolls. Strange because as a kid I wasn't crazy about walnuts but for some reason this last year I have been obsessed with learning how to make these. Maybe it's because I have children of my own now and want to carry on traditions or something. I need to get her recipes for both so I can attempt them this holiday season. Only wish she could be here to teach me how to do them herself! Oh well, guess a phone call will have to do. Maybe I can talk her into setting up a video cam and finally get ours up and running. Hmm...maybe a good project for this week.

The snow has finally stopped it seems for a while. The sun came out and it is all starting to melt away. Sigh...the pup likes going out and licking up the snow...very funny to watch him going around to the garden furniture and eating the snow off. Ha! It's just good to see him enjoying something for a change! I have been so worried about him since we moved but hopefully having a house full of people this last week was what he needed to settle into the new place and see it is really home now.

Had to laugh at this picture of my little one. The other night he was playing after dinner and put the bag on his head and was playing with the straws. Now I think he may end up being a little creative type, don't you?

Cameron finally did it. He loves to run through the house and just go in the circle over and over again (our downstairs makes a big circle that they can run wide open). He falls all the time on the hardwood floor and every time I hold my breath waiting for the cry. It happened tonight. Of course, the day M goes out of town is when it would happen. But all was well in the end and thankfully he just busted his lip and nothing major happened. He actually sat still for more than 5 minutes and ate an ice cube while I held him! This in itself is a major thing for him. He never sits still...NEVER. He is wide open all day...so wonder he usually sleeps so well at night (I just jinxed myself for tonight I am sure now). :) But poor little guy has his first busted lip and I am a little worried about what it will look like in the morning. It was pretty big. Hopefully the ice will do the trick. But as hubby said...he has been on borrowed time on that one...it was only a matter of time and I knew it.

Off to bed for me...hope you all have a great night! It's going to be 17 degrees here on Thursday. Yikes!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Yes, we woke to a beautiful blanket of white this morning. I snapped a ton of pictures today but haven't downloaded them yet. The boys were super happy today but we couldn't go play in the snow since they have been congested and I didn't want them to get sick. Plus we haven't gotten snow boots yet...will fix that this week I guess. :) But it was beautiful and they stayed at the windows all morning saying "snow." Very cute and very fun.
We had a great Thanksgiving. Hope everyone else did too. Wonderful to have family and friends over. Sad to see everyone leave. The boys loved having everyone here and cried when the neighbors went home after dinner and everything on Thanksgiving. They also threw a huge fit (Cameron mainly) when the family left Saturday. Oh my...I have yet to see him get that mad and upset. Broke my heart. He was so very tired to begin with and that was just the last straw for him. But after that he was fine, all smiles and one happy little child again. Funny.


SIL is cute as a button all preggo. Almost made me want to have another one between her and the neighbor's new little one week old baby that came for dinner. Umm...not. Well, isn't that how I am supposed to feel? I had the pang for like 2 seconds and when the baby started crying at dinner remembered what it was like when the boys were just a week old. Umm...no thank you. I will hold yours and then happily give them back at the end of the day. :) But I love babies...no denying it. Just keep telling myself there is a possibility of having 2 more at a time so not sure I want to take that chance. Hmm...

So now the holiday rush begins. I actually was able to get a lot of the boy's things done already, now to get started on everyone else. Lot's to do and I must get my list going. Now is the time to pull out my nifty planner and go to town. :)

Up tomorrow...pictures of all the pretty white stuff around here. :)

Another week almost come and gone...

I really need to sit and download the gazillion pictures on both of my cameras. I have resorted to the point and shoot when the other is upstairs and no handy. So now I have 200+ on that one and I am sure much the same on the other. How can I take that many photos in just a few days? I guess I just love my boys!

Rough night with Noah, he was up twice and both times I had to hold him and he just wouldn't go back to sleep. Strange. Then Cameron woke up the second time and decided he wanted to stand in his crib and dance and talk away...at 2:30 in the morning. Okay, the dog felt left out so he woke me at 3:00 to go outside...to walk around the patio! Then hubby got up at 5:00 because he was going out of town. So, did I get any sleep last night? I think I am on adrenaline now...which probably isn't going to bode well for tomorrow night when I actually get to go and do something fun...like BUNCO!

So I don't think I ever got around to posting this layout. Noah had just learned to give hugs and he walked up and gave Cameron a big hug, it knocked him over! It was the cutest thing. What made me think about this today was Noah was sitting in his little chair today and Cameron came up and climbed up next to him. Noah leaned over and hugged Cameron (which looked like he was actually trying to strangle him more than hug him) and the both fell on the floor again. I just had to laugh, every time Noah gives Cameron a hug they end up on the floor!