Cut the Pickle

Since Ollie has two older brothers he is learning some pretty cool stuff at such a young age.  A few years ago at a Super Bowl Party one of Brad's friends (Tom) taught Brody to "Cut the Pickle".  (don't worry it's not like "cut the cheese")  

Recently the boys started to do it again (I think we revisited it when we were at this years super bowl party).

Ollie picked up on it very quickly and it is so cute watching him "Cut the Pickle".

In this second video you can hear Colt telling Ollie to cut the pickle. 

Snowball Fight

Our neighbors started to make these giant snowballs and decided to use them to make a snowfort. The snowfort then became a bunker for a snowball fight.  Brody got in on the action but cried a few times when he got hit.  Our neighbor, Jason, finally invited him to be on his team and  Brody was able to stand behind him for extra protection.

I love this picture of the kids peeking over the snowbunker.

Clearly Brody didn't feel any danger since he was eating snow off his gloves.

A few videos of the fighting. 

Colt missed out on the snowball fight since he was still taking a nap.  Once he got up he enjoyed making his own snowballs.

Snowpocalypse

According to our local news stations we were in for a big snowstorm (Brad referred to it as Snowpocalypse). The snow finally made it to our house and we got a lot of it.  I was so happy and I think the boys were excited too.

Sledding at our neighbor's house

What happened at night

Brody was fast asleep, but Colt was still up and we opened the shades so he could watch the snow fall to the ground.  He was loving it. 

Brody is a boy of many words (not sure where he got that from).  He was so excited when he saw the snow in the morning.  I was able to get a video of him recounting what happened.  (This was his 2nd time telling it so it wasn't as good as the first but it is still very cute) 

Poker Birthday Party

Brad's friends came over for a poker party to celebrate Brad's birthday.  We still had some cupcakes so we had another round of happy Birthday.   Karl was nice enough to snap a few family pictures for us. 

Brody & Colt helped blow out the candle.

Brad, Eugene & Brian (Ed & Karl were also there for the party)

Birthday Cupcake

Brad's birthday came with a lot of snow.  It kept us housebound but Brad was still busy with work and ski racing.  He was able to come home and enjoy a birthday cupcake. 

Lesson learned:  Do not use little round balls for sprinkles.  Not only do they end up everywhere, but they leave color everywhere. 

A video of us singing Happy Birthday.  Unfortunately my camera stopped in the middle of it (my memory card was too full).  I am so proud of Colt in this video.  You can see him singing Happy Birthday.  He is making great progress with his speech especially in his confidence with talking (or in this case singing). 

Happy Birthday Daddy! 

Fatburger

The night before Brad's birthday we decided to go to one of Brad's favorite places for dinner, Fatburger.