Chuck E Cheese - Tons of Fun

For those of you that don't know, Chuck E Cheese is a bit different from how it used to be. The ball pit is gone, there is not a wall of talking heads and it is now brightly lit.

Pete & Vanessa came to town for a late Christmas visit. They couldn't make it to the family christmas the week before due to snow, so they came after Christmas. We decided it would be fun to go to Chuck E Cheese. We were right, there was hardly anyone there. We had the place to ourselves.

When we got to our table, Chuck came over to say hi. Caden really liked him. Then we went on some rides - Bob the builder, barney, a fire truck....

We also played some skeeball, and it turns out I am the best out of Pete, my dad, & Caden. We had a lot of fun. Thanks for taking us mom & dad!

Sledding on Christmas with the dogs

Obviously this isn't us sledding. It's our yummy dessert - "the trifle" This is Justin's special dessert that we have on Christmas. It is delicious! As promised, here are some pictures of Caden being pulled in the sled by the dogs. They are not the greatest pictures, but you get the idea. That is my mom in the first one with him. She is wearing her new yak trax which are these snap on springs to help you walk in the ice & snow easier. We each got a pair and they are awesome!

As I said, this was the best I could do for a picture. We hooked the dogs up to the sled and they pulled Caden. Don't worry, everyone had fun, especialy the dogs. They don't love snow, but they don't have a choice. :)

Opening presents

Okay, I know that I am beautiful, see evidence below! :) Caden had fun opening his presents on Christmas morning. He really liked to tear the paper open. Here he is sitting on his new Diego Couch with all his presents. See Elmo and the hotwheels city. He also got playdough and a crayola coloring mat amongst other things. See the cookie in my hand, that's Caden's cookie, I am just holding it. :)

He was one happy little boy with all his presents.

Do you Believe in Santa?

I will start by saying, these pictures are in reverse order.... Thanks Blogger! On Christmas eve, Caden wrote a letter to Santa and left him cookies, carrots & Milk. When we woke up, Santa wrote back and left his plate clean and drank all the milk! It was amazing!

This is what our tree looked like after Santa came.

This is Caden writing his letter to Santa. I am hanging sideways off the couch because it was tight quarters....

This is Caden wearing my boots. He put them on and I started laughing so I took a picture.

He is a character to say the least. Every morning we tell him to find his hat. Some days he finds his winter hat, other days he comes back with a baseball hat or a sun hat. At least it's a hat.

Christmas Fun

We definitely had a white Christmas here in Spokane! After last weekend's extreme snowfall, it hasn't stopped.

To get out of the house today, we hooked our little dogs up to the sled and they pulled Caden all around the neighborhood. Can't upload a picture right now, I finally have an MP3 player and am uploading songs from the computer at the moment. Hope to add some posts tomorrow with pictures.

Caden got 2 wiggles DVD's which were a big hit. He got some playdough, lots of hot wheels cars, as well as a hot wheels city. His present from Santa was a Go Diego little couch that pulls out into a bed - great for a nap or if cousin charlie wants to sleep over. :)

We did have a Christmas miracle in the extended family... Justin's sister Ashley got engaged to her boyfriend Chris. We are so excited for them, maybe they will get married at Mickfenway.... They are planning a May 2010 wedding, so stay tuned. :)

Merry Christmas!

We still have a blizzard!

I took some pictures to put our day into perspective of how snowy it is. On first glance, you may think that this snow pile is from shoveling. It's not. That is our "feeding reindeer" christmas light buried in the snow there. We most likely have 2 feet of snow here.

The snow is deeper than my car wheels! Oh yeah, the Ford Escape is challenged in the snow, but the Xterra (2WD) is out of commission. Justin's car is at least back in our driveway now after his snow driving mishaps.

This is Caden liking the snow. He had fun touching it with his mittens on. When we got back from dropping Justin near the bus route, Caden had a bit of a spill in the snow and screamed for a while once we got back inside. Maybe if Justin ever get's to come home from work, we could go sledding......

Sidebar - Many businesses and offices are closed in Spokane today. The city offices, the federal courthouse, the schools, even kindercare which never closes is closed. Justin's boss calls him to come in early. In fact, his boss couldn't get to work, so his brother delivered him. Justin called when he got there - at 11:15am. He said he wasn't sure how he would get home. I asked who was there - the 2 owners and him. He definitely is employee of the year if I get a vote. :) When he does get to go home, there is only 1 city bus coming north, so when it drops him off, he will have to walk over a mile to get here. I don't think the escape can venture out again to get him.

The good news is, my office is closed today so I am not worried that I am not doing work today. I think I will go work on cleaning my house now!

Oh I almost forgot - yesterday it took me 2 1/2 hours to get home from work. I left work at 4:15 and got home at 6:45pm. I took the bus since it was snowing when I left in the morning. I figured that the bus would be the safest and best option. Well, I waited for the bus for 1 1/2 hours. All that time stressing about if I would make it to Kindercare by 6:30pm. After talking with my sister about 4 times about the various conditions, Matt (her hubby) put on his coat and gave the roads a try. He made it to Kindercare and they gave him a quiz to see if he was really allowed to pick up Caden. Caden was the deciding vote when they said "Caden look who is here" He said "Matt!"

Thank you Matt & Jeannette for saving my hide again! I read your post and if I could deliver you milk I would. We have 2 gallons in our fridge...

It's a blizzard out there!

It has been snowing non stop here in Spokane since 7am on Wednesday. We have around 18 inches at our house. Our street is not on the plow list at this point and the buses are barely running in Spokane. My office is closed and kindercare just called to say they closed! That never happens. It is pretty chilly here.

Our neighbors have a cover that goes over their hot tub, that collapsed this morning. We have shoveled our driveway, sidewalk and front path multiple times. Justin has decided a snowblower may be in our future.

We had to drive my car to a main street for Justin to catch the bus. (His work is open and they called him in early because someone else couldn't make it...) Nice!

So Caden & I are watching Frosty the snowman and Elmo's Christmas. We will not be leaving the house for the rest of the day. When we drove Justin to the bus, we got stuck less than 15 feet from our house. Justin shoveled us out and we were on our way.

I hope to put up some pictures soon. :)