SNOW DAY!

Jared was sooooo excited (as was Tom), that he had a snow day on Friday. We got the back end of the Winter Storm that hit the Northeast Coast. It swirled around and came back to us off of Lake Erie. We were expected to get up to 10 inches of snow...at one point they even canceled the Winter storm warning...as you'll see from the pictures, we got WAY MORE than 10 inches of snow. Not to mention that as I'm typing it's still a blizzard out there! Crazy!
Anyway, I had to keep Jared occupied somehow since school and the YMCA were closed. We had Cousin Connor sleep over on Friday night. The boys had a lot of fun together. By mid afternoon and after Connor left, Jared "bored" again. I didn't really want him to play outside, mostly because of the windchill, so I told him we could bring some snow inside. He thought that was the coolest thing. The last time I did that he was about 3. Once the snow melted, he and I made edible play-dough to play with. He thought it was super fun and liked eating it, too! He wanted more, but we needed more ingredients. That prompted a quick trip to the grocery store! This is the first time I've been to Giant Eagle in literally MONTHS! Jared went to the Eagle's Nest while I shopped. I found a textured ball for Jaime when I was there, so once we were home, the boys had a fun time playing with it. It was a nice couple of days in-spite of the weather!
Hope everyone is safe and warm! Enjoy Jared's slide show and don't forget to check out "Jaime's World" to see what he's been up to!

Ice Skating!!!!

Jared and I have ice skated twice already this week. What a work out! He loves it and is doing so good. We actually ran into his Euclid teacher practicing at Mentor today...she was very impressed with how well Jared was doing! I'm so glad he found something that he really enjoys!
If you haven't seen my Face Book page, here are some photos from our ice skating adventures this week!

Boats?!?

I just HAD to post this picture of the Lego boats that Jared built tonight. He made two of them so that we could play with them in the tub. Jared was so excited that they could really float. He also brought his Lego shark into the bath (that is what he is holding between his fingers on his right hand). These were really cool and for once Jared made something that couldn't fly! ;)

Head Injury/Sleepover!

Everyday after school, Jared has a snack, then immediately plays with Jaime. (If you've seen Jaime's World or Facebook, you've seen the photos of them playing). Well, Thursday, just before dinner, Jared was being silly and ran right into the corner of the hallway wall. He got a big goose egg and an abrasion on the side of his head. This warranted a quick trip to Hillcrest ER. Thankfully, the dr. on was a friend of mine! Mike asked me if Jared received his IV Factor (Yep, that was the second thing I did after wrapping an ice pack around his head). He felt that Jared should be OK and told us the normal concussion signs to look for. Orella, the nurse, took Jared to the "snack room" filled his arms with snacks and off we went. Jared had a bit of a rough day on Friday at school...his head was hurting "so bad" that I had to go up to the school with Tylenol. (Really he wanted to come home, but I wouldn't let him...mean Mommy! :)

Jared and his ice pack! He actually thought this was hysterical because he didn't have to sit and hold ice on it...he just posed for the photo!

Anyway, since he had a crazy week, I thought it would be fun for Jared to have his very first sleepover! My nephew, Connor slept over last night! The boys had sooooo much fun! They played the Wii, Legos and even got to play out in the snow that fell over night! They were sooooo good! It was really great seeing the boys get along...it was even funnier to listen to them play Legos. Apparently, each of them made space ships and had animal farms (with a lizard, badger and dinosaur), then they attended a party at Princess Leia's ship. Too funny! They were surprising in bed and asleep by 10:15 P.M. Can't wait to do it again...I think it may just turn into a Friday night thing! :)

Connor playing Wii.

Jared's turn.

Legos...see the lizard?

Getting ready for bed.

Bedtime!

Woohoo, SNOW!

Back in the warm house to play Legos.

Finished space town.

After Connor left this afternoon, Jared started his next level of ice skating. We found out today that Jared is skating on his toes...kind of a weird thing. Looks like we found a really great teacher that cares about these kids doing things the right way...and safely, too! :)

Not great photos...they never are in the rink, but that's Jared by his new teacher.

Jared's class!

We had a quiet evening at home. Tom has a gig tonight. Once Jaime fell asleep, Jared and I played the game of Life. Guess who won? Yep, JARED! He almost ALWAYS does! He ended the game with $1,245,000, so not fair! (We both said we wished it was "real" money, HA.)
So long, until next time.....