Chuck E Cheese's

Last Sunday, Cole and I had a lunch date at Chuck E Cheese's while daddy did some work. He LOVES that place! The only downfall is when you finally have to leave, we're talking about a MAJOR meltdown:(! He HATES the singing/dancing/talking mouse that is in the birthday area, and the problem with that, is that his favorite toy is within eyeballs distance of the mouse;)! He finally sucked it up and got over it, but when the LIVE mascot mouse came walking by, he climbed up my leg faster than I could blink;)!!!

Here he is at his favorite game. Shooting basketballs.....imagine that!!! I don't know if it was broken, or what, but we didn't have to put 1 single token in it and it kept spitting out basketballs, so he was in HEAVEN, and I wasted $5 on tokens;)! Hahaha!!!

SNOW

Boy did we get some snow! I have never seen anything like it. I think the official report for our area was 22 inches! CRAZY!!! What makes it even crazier is the fact that we were only supposed to get 3-5 inches! After living through the South Arkansas ice storm of 2001 (or whatever year it was, my junior year of college), I ALWAYS prepare for winter weather. Everything from the grocery store run to filling my car up with gas:)! Patrick always makes fun of me, but I figure it's better to be safe than sorry. Needless to say, this is the 1 time that I actually didn't do this, and we literally could NOT get out of our driveway! Ooops! Thank goodness Patrick was stuck home with us (on his 30th birthday!), so we sent him to Walmart in his big truck! He said the roads were horrible! It kills me not to be able to get out in this stuff, but being 33 weeks pregnant and having a 2 year old that would have to be in tow, I'm pretty much stuck inside:(!

These pictures really don't do the snow justice. Cole doesn't weigh enough to pack it down all the way to the ground, but he did a good job wading around in it. It was pretty funny to watch;).....

Big 3-0 AND 6-0

Patrick and Rhonda both have big milestone birthdays this year. Patrick turned 30 yesterday and Rhonda will be 60 tomorrow! We celebrated both of the birthdays Monday night at Nana and Papa's house. Cole loves a party:).....

Helping daddy blow out his candles....

Now it's Nana's turn:).....

waiting patiently to open presents.....

Uncle "carl" got Patrick a nice fishing pole:).....

Now helping Nana. We got her a North Face jacket so she can stay nice and warm during this crazy cold weather we have been having:).....

Hayden's Birthday Party

We went to Jump Zone yesterday for Hayden't 4th Birthday Party! Cole LOVES that place! He had so much fun climbing the slides and sliding down, UNTIL he found the bounce house with balls and a basketball goal in it, and we literally could NOT get him out! We talked him out of there for a few minutes, but the only way he would come out is to take one of the balls with him, which I feel sure was against the rules;)!

The precious Birthday Girl:).....

Suckers

While trying to potty train Cole to go #2 on the potty, we would bribe him with suckers. He has been over that for a while now, but for some reason the other day, he insisted after he went potty that he have a sucker. I didn't argue and gave him the sucker bowl. I left the room for a second, and when I came back he had 3 suckers unwrapped and in his mouth. I guess he was making up for lost time;).....

(there is a white one that you can't reallly see:)...

Lily and Maggie

It's been a while since I've posted any pics of the Rusher girls. After being cooped up in our house with all of the snow, we ventured to their house for dinner. It's nice having friends that live less than 1 mile away! Especially ones that can cook;)!!!

Cabin Fever

Another day stuck inside.....I decided not to attempt the drive into work today. It's just not worth it to get a 2 year old and a 32 week preggo out in this mess! Thankfully I can do my work from home, so playing catch up tomorrow won't be that bad! I hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying your snow days:).....

Is this coat too big?