When it's too cold out to play in the snow....

make your own edible snowballs! Every once in awhile I check out this blog looking for a story and an activity. Today Avery and I read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and made our own snowballs. I followed the same recipe from Just for Fun but we added melted peanut butter and chocolate to the mix. Here is the recipe:

2/3 cup butter or margarine-softened
1/2 cup sugar
1T. water
3T. cocoa
1/2 t. vanilla
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Mix the butter and sugar together. Add the water, cocoa, and vanilla. mix well. Add rolled oats, mix well. If you want to add the melted peanut butter and chocolate chips, so that here. Roll about 1 tsp. of the mix in your hands to form a ball. Roll in powdered sugar.

The flattened pile was Avery's attempt at making a ball.

To our 44th president....

I was watching Obama's inauguration speech and Avery decided to join me. After about ten minutes I asked him if he wanted to go play. He said, "No I want to watch a little more of Obama." Later on, he had gotten into some tape and had it stuck to various places. I asked him where he got the tape. His response, "Obama gave it to me." It seems the new President is already making an impression and a little boy is already finding someone new to blame for his mischief.

Trouble?

Is this a sign of trouble to come when we welcome our newest addition in a few short weeks? I was getting out all of the baby things last week to prepare for the arrival and Avery found the pacifier amongst the things. He immediately wanted to have it and proceeded to suck on it for quite awhile. We had a long conversation, 2 year old style, about why a baby needs one and a toddler does not. He wasn't convinced until I told him that babies have pacifiers and 2 year-olds have suckers. The last time he had the pacifier was when he was 3 months old so I can understand its novelty.

Already quite the charmer

I caught one!

This year we made Avery a fishing pole and fish for one of his Christmas gifts. Grandma Davis joined us for our sewing project. Here is the final product after several attempts at a good fish. I wish I had taken pictures of the first few we tried to make, they looked like bow-ties.

Avery showing us his mad fishing skills.


My favorite fish was this one- Dragon fish.


Caught one!