Noah the Hermit Crab

Noah was having fun being under that push walker like a hermit crab. He was under there for a long time...

White Out

The storm last night wasn't bad at all. We still have power and content that we can stay warm inside. However, it's still snowing outside! Our neighborhood looks like a suburb of Lake Tahoe with tall evergreen trees covered in snow. It's absolutely gorgeous! I don't see too many cars driving out the window but for those that are out there, I see them sliding around. The snow is pretty deep and no snow truck has come by yet, so the road is pretty much like a ski slope, covered with fluffy fresh snow. Too bad we don't have any snow shoes for Sean.

Snow Snow and More Snow!

We are snowed in! The Pacific Northwest had the biggest snow storm of the season and this is certainly the heaviest snow fall we have seen around here. We got about six inches of snow and it is still snowing out there. Everything is white and it is very pretty, but not very livable. Poor Mike has been sent out everyday on his little CRV to stock up on food, daipers, and some emergency items. The weather is supposed to turn stormy tonight and we are hoping our neighborhood power stays intact.

On top of that, Sean seems to be sick. He threw up this morning when he woke up and he is not as energetic. The babies are fine, though. They eat and sleep very well. Aly has been pulling up and cruising all over the house. Noah is starting to take an interesting in crawling finally and he is practising most of the waking hour. Our nanny, Amy, is vacationing in Las Vegas however they are also having a rare snow storm. Poor Amy. I guess she could not get away.

The coming week should be interesting with all this snow we had. We live on a slopy neighborhood, so just to get out of the hood will be a little challenging. Mike was sent to Fred Meyer this afternoon and it took him about three hours to do all the driving and shopping. He said the stores were packed and he had to wait in line just to get a shopping cart!

It's been too cold (high around 25 degrees) and we cannot wait for the warmer rain weather to come back! I guess I shouldn't have complained about the rain... I will not complain anymore so rain, please come back!!

Setting up the Christmas Tree

The tradition in the Campbell's house hold is to setup the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving. This year, we put it in the entry way so that Alyson won't try to tear it down. Sean remembered the tree from last year and was very excited to have it out again. He helped hang the ornaments but mostly on one spot at his eye level. When he was napping, I hang more ornaments and re-distributed the ones Sean hang to balance things out.

We took pictures of the kids in front of the tree yesterday, but it didn't go so well. The twins were terrified and Sean was in a funny mood. The babies cried and Sean was screaming... You can just imagine how it was! But they did look adorable in a dress-up outfit. All these bad pictures we took have more character than perfect looking smiley pictures, I suppose!