I Love You, Gabe

The boys were super amped today after school.  So after lunch, I put a show on for them to try to get them to chilax a bit.

They sat closely and calmly on the love seat; and all of a sudden I heard Zach say, "I love you, Gabe."  And then I caught him sniffing Gabe's head!  Gah!  The head-sniffing addiction is getting passed down to the next generation (Zach admitted to sniffing his friend, Jonathan's, head the other day, too!).  Argh!

When Zach tenderly told Gabe that he loved him a second time, I had to jot this down in a post.  These are those moments that I wish could last longer than a moment.  Ah, well.  At least they happen!

Snowmen

After each of our little snow storms this winter, we made a snowman.  Today, Gabe basically made the whole thing by himself!  I'm extremely proud!

our first snowman of the winter!

he was a big guy

our second snowman (still in progress)

he was a (cute) little guy, and Gabe made most of it on his own!

see how little he is?

Penguins

The boys have been learning a lot about penguins at school this winter.  Gabe brought home two different penguin hats.  He looked really cute with them on!

Macaroni Penguin

here's a class pic of all of the kids in their hats!

Mama Turned 40

A couple of weeks ago, I spent my birthday surrounded by the perfect "little person" crew - my guys plus Auntie "Wanna" and her boys!  We watched the Patriots game, the boys played nicely together, and I got a lot of baby Cody time.  Perfection.

dancing!

Zach was really into baby Cody

going in for a kiss

so cute!

the boys having dinner together

cake time!

oh, yum!

these boys and their frosting!

he's just gazing at his new cousin

rubbing his cousin's back!

You're A Beautiful Singer

I'm not sure if Zach knows what a singer is.  You see, lately, (and he's already said it three times today), he's been saying:

"I love you, Mom.  You're a beautiful singer."

Gah! 

Christmas Eve On January 28

So, it's snowing tonight.  When got out of OT this afternoon, Zach reported, "it's Christmas Eve!" (because of the the snow.  It snowed on Christmas Eve; and now he thinks that whenever it snows, it's automatically Christmas Eve again). 

As we were walking to our car, he said, "Hello, Christmas Eve!"


It might be a sad morning tomorrow when he sees that Santa didn't come....

Refreshing

Lately, both boys have been asking for a snack in this way:

"Mom, do you think it's time for a nice, refreshing snack?"

I wonder if they're talking about "refreshing" snacks at school or something?  Who knows.  All I know is that it's super cute to hear the word, refreshing, come out of either one of my boys' mouths.