Cheeeeese!

After dinner tonight we shut off the television and got down on the floor and played with the kiddos.  Chloe was enjoying tummy time when AJ came right over to her and laid down on his tummy next to her.  What happened next made me such a proud mom.  AJ put his arm around Chloe, gave her a big kiss on her head and then looked at me and said 'cheeeeese'!  They both were smiling and looking at me so I whipped my iPhone out and took a few pictures.  My heart was full.  AJ absolutely loves his little sister and Chloe is intrigued by her big brother.  I cannot wait to see how their relationship grows as they get older.  For now, I will enjoy the love, smiles and cuddles they share!

 

Tummy Time!

Miss Chloe got to have some tummy time and she was all smiles!!  My little happy girl!

 

Tummy Time with a Toy

Miss Chloe is starting to reach and grab for toys while she is on tummy time.  I love how she is learning to do new things on a daily basis!

Hi There

Tummy Time and Kisses with Timber

That Face!

Look at that face.. how cute is he?!

And who needs a haircut pretty badly?! AJ!

TT with BB

Chloe likes having tummy time with her big brother!

They're too cool for the camera!

Like brother, like sister!

Tummy time with Big Brother

Timber wanted to get in on tummy time too!

The drool reminds me of this little girl's big brother - AJ would always drool during tummy time!

Play-Doh!

I was supposed to go out to a lottery club lunch with my co-workers this afternoon at Sharp Hill Vineyard for a wine tasting and lunch, but mother nature was not on my side.  It was snowing.  And I would have had to bring Chloe with me since she is nursing.  And I just wasn't willing to take that chance.  So instead of an afternoon out, I had a snow day in with my kiddos.

We've had this Christmas Play-doh set for a couple of years now and I've been super hesitant to let AJ play with it because I know how messy it can get.  But with the snow falling and not much else to do, I decided the mess didn't matter anymore.  So I broke out the play-doh kit and let AJ go to town with it!  He had a ball and absolutely loved it!

He had to try out all the colors and different design panels

Christmas tree!

Snowmen! 

 

Making lots of designs and decorations 

His final line-up of designs!

And while AJ was playing with his play-doh and eating lunch, I decided to take some pictures of Miss Chloe!

Chloe's grumpy face because we were stuck inside!

 

I see you Momma!

Both looking at the Christmas tree lights.

 

Something must have been funny!

On to tummy time..

 

Timber wanted to get in the shot too...

Tummy Time and Snow!

I have been promising Mr. AJ that I would take him outside to play in the snow for awhile now, but the timing with Chloe's naps hasn't been right.  Until today...  I made sure to tire her out while on tummy time this morning, then put her in the swing for a little snooze and out AJ and I went into the snow!  And as much as I can't stand the snow (because I don't like the cold), seeing AJ's excitement about playing in it made all my frustrations about snow and cold go away! Oh to be a kid again and get excited about snow!!

She loves to roll onto her side

Tummy time!

Kisses before nap time

AJ all bundled up and ready to face the cold!

He was in his glory out in the snow!

He tried to make a snowball, but unfortunately it wasn't snowball making snow!

Hanging out

Love this picture!

He wanted to show me his house

Nice and cozy inside!

Then it was off to the slide

Getting ready to go down..

...almost there...

Weeee!

'Hi Mom!'

AJ really wanted to make a snowman, but like I had mentioned it wasn't

 good snow for packing at all.  Instead we improvised and made a snow angel!

AJ's first snow angel!

It looks good if I do say so myself!

We then went inside to check on Chloe and let Timber out...

AJ, of course, had to chase after Timber!

Handsome!

Hugs!

Timber then tried to lick AJ

Next AJ's adventure led him to the garden.  The poor kid kept slipping on the plastic underneath the snow and kept falling down...luckily he had enough padding on him that he didn't sustain any injuries!

And down he went again!

Next he had to check out the snow in the buckets.

Handprints.

'This is fun!'

I looked down and saw this little opening in the snow and tried to capture some snowflake patterns..

Next we visited the fishies in the little pond.

AJ loved watching them swim around.

And then it was time to lift rocks.

And more rocks.

All done!

Pointing out something to me..

Mr. Serious

Making his own path in the snow!

We went to check on Chloe again and she was still sound asleep so back outside we went. 

This time AJ wanted to move pieces of snow/ice onto the driveway.

My happy little guy.

Laying in the snow is fun, right?!

So silly!

We finally went inside and stayed inside where Little Miss Chloe was still sound asleep!