Happy new year from FL

Dopa morning

This one is for Great Grandpa Schultz

More cabin pics

Cabin time

Cole and fam had a great day up at cabin. First snowmobile trip too!
Me: still at home but feeling better. Think the worst has passed. Fingers crossed.

Some pictures from the week

Cole and J have had a great week up in forest lake. Lots of family in town so they've been having a lot of fun. Me: I've had to work... And then get sick. Not fun, but I've been getting lots of text updates.

Syd and Cole

So sweet

Combing grandmas hair

His Christmas gift apparently

Christmas Morning

Christmas Eve

Looks like Santa set up a train set that goes around the Christmas tree...

Ummm

This is supposed to be a SIT and spin...

Maliq's bacon apple pie

From sis-mas 2012

Mikah and Cole

BIG hug

2 Years Old

It's totally and utterly crazy to know I have a two year old son. If there was ever a time for a "WTF" this is it!

Yearly Update on Cole:

• He's the smartest kid in the world (not biased): he's mastered every puzzle we've given him, the pre-school Monkey game (on the iPad) is a snap, he can count to 13, knows pretty much every animal by name and sound they make, knows all his body parts, his vocabulary is better then some adults, he can recite almost every book he owns, he can spell his name, he applies "feelings" to different situations, he corrects his sentence structure and uses the correct tense (past and present). I feel like he's a four year old! 
• He's coordinated: whether we're putting together a puzzle or shooting hockey, the kid's hand-eye coordination is unreal! 
• He's a charmer: he says his "please and thank you's" on a regular basis, but lately it's the "I love you mamas" that make me melt. 

• He's kinda a brat: Those terrible-two-tantrums started early and boy, are those fun! I would love to say they only happen once in a while... but I'd be lying. We typically see some form of Eloc (Cole backwards = his scary side) daily - sometimes it's not that bad... other times, well, let's just say I'm learning patience like never before.
• He's really cute 

Winter Wonderland

Hiding

I'm assuming he did something he wasn't supposed to

Well that didn't work

Trying to take a family picture. Cole made his thoughts known through Kix.

The Boys

Let it Snow

Table Talk

Something fun for the day... I would think these would also be fun dinner party questions should there ever be a lull in conversation.

Proust Questionnaire (as altered by Vanity Fair) 

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2. What is your greatest fear?
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
5. Which living person do you most admire?
6. What is your greatest extravagance?
7. What is your current state of mind?
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
9. On what occasion do you lie?
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
11. Which living person do you most despise?
12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
16. When and where were you happiest?
17. Which talent would you most like to have?
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
21. Where would you most like to live?
22. What is your most treasured possession?
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
24. What is your favorite occupation?
25. What is your most marked characteristic?
26. What do you most value in your friends?
27. Who are your favorite writers?
28. Who is your hero of fiction?
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
30. Who are your heroes in real life?
31. What are your favorite names?
32. What is it that you most dislike?
33. What is your greatest regret?
34. How would you like to die?
35. What is your motto?

Mustache

One last look at J's Movember Mustache. Not gonna lie... I won't miss it!

Happy (early) Holidays

From the Flake Holiday Party

Providing

Putting down some tracks