We made it home from our holiday travels to places way colder and with FAR more snow than here. Drove in the garage (by far the best part of the new house) in time to put a small child to bed, grab half a beer, and watch New Kids on the Block, along with the Backstreet Boys, perform on New Years Eve, and then watch the ball drop while Dick Clark managed to mention every number between 25 and 1. He did good this year. And then we went to sleep in our king sized bed, which we have dearly missed for a week. Ahhhhh. I love my bed.
The first day of 2011 dawned sunny and warm, and we took full advantage of a tiny taste of spring to go outside and enjoy our nice brown grassy yard. Apparently there was snow? Or something? While we were gone. Some blizzard or something. But reliable Facebook sources told me that here in New London we only got maybe 4 inches of snow. And you can see in the photos below there are only small pockets left, only in the places where the sun don't shine. Which is cool, cuz we didn't really feel like shoveling the driveway right when we got home.
Wheee! Swing! I think Dex had forgotten about swings. Til yesterday, when we went for a swing in 6 inches of snow at Aunt Jeanne's house. And he remembered that he loves it.
The boys marvel at the ground. Hey look! GRASS!
CHEESE!! Oh - speaking of cheese - Dexter's newest word is cheese. Or, more accurately, chjeeee. Entertainingly enough, this is also what he calls Aunt Jeanne. :-)
Check out what Dex did for the very first time today, all by himself!
He's always gone down the slide on his belly. Yesterday I threw him down the slide in Syracuse on his butt, while Aunt Jeanne caught him at the bottom. Apparently he decided he prefers sliding that way now.
Huh. How come Daddy didn't catch you, Dex?
We spent the entire day doing nothing. And we're doing a fine job of continuing that tonight, as we watch football and eat some chocolate covered gummy bears. All in all, a most excellent start to 2011.
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