Pine Wood Derby

Addison trying to design her car.

sanding

cutting

Working with Mr. Carl to make his car. Mr. Carl is Ms. Beth's husband, Xavier's den leader.

Xavier and his car.
Xavier getting his car ready to race.

Addie's car is the Snow White car. :)

Watching her car go down the track.

Addie's car going down the track.

January 22 was the Pine Wood Derby for Xavier's Cub Scout pack. It was a long night, but a good one. Out of 4 heats, Xavier's car placed 4th twice, 3rd once, and 1st once. He didn't place in the overall, but he had a good time. Mr. Carl has already told him he will help him with his car again next year.

Addie Lou turns 3!!!

I am 3!!!!

Opening her puzzles from David and Rachel.

Her dinner request was "samon, mashed tatoes, and brocli. "

The store bought cake with some added decorations.

Happy Birthday Addison! (In the snow on her actual birthday!)

This is the first time she saw her cake. Needless to say she loved it.

Her party table at Gymboree. Yes, I made the cake all by myself. :)

Jumping with Ava!

Rocking the boat with Ava and Sophia.

Chasing Bubbles.

Playing with her friends.

Playing Basketball with daddy.

Rocking with Sophia.

Addie and Aiden. She and Aiden LOVE each other and are so happy when they see each other. Unfortunately he has moved up to a Primary class down the road at the sister school. We have to arrange play dates until Addie moves up to his class in the Fall or this Summer.

Addie and Daddy under the parachute.

Singing Happy Birthday!

Blowing out her birthday candles.

This is Dylan. He LOVED the cake. He kept saying I want cake, I want cake. He is so funny.

Opening presents at home. She got a lot of play dough, which is her favorite.

Addie and her Daddy!

Walking around the sun. She went 3 times for 3 years!

Blowing out the candle after singing Happy Birthday!

The Snow White Cottage from Uncle Nick and Aunt Brittany!

Addison turned 3 on January 10th, but we started celebrating on the 9th and it drug out until the 19th. Poor thing thinks everyday is her birthday now. LOL! Luckily Xavier's is in February!

On the 9th we ad our good friends David and Rachel over for dinner and cake. Then on the 10th we got lots of snow!!! Addie was so happy to have snow to play in, however, it wasn't so good for Georgia and we had no school for almost all week. (Although I think there is nothing wrong with that. :) ) So, we had to reschedule her walk around the sun at school for the 19th. Her actual party was on the 16th at Gymboree. She had such a great time with her friends from school.

Snowpacalypse!!

This is our front porch after about 30 mins. It is a covered porch too. :)

After an hour of snow!

The next morning.



Xavier going to get his runaway "sled", the cookie sheet.

Addie's first time sledding. She didn't like the big slope, so Xavier and I made her a smaller one. She LOVED it!! The next day the boys combined this one with the other one and made one super fast slope. It was so cool watching them all go down it.

Yes, we got snow in Georgia, not a little, but A LOT!!! It started late Sunday night and within an hour there was a good 3-4 inches on the ground. The next morning we had 6 inches and .5 of ice on top. That morning we got even more freezing rain, which made it pretty clear that there would be no school for Tuesday. On Tuesday we had some melting, but then it snowed again and some freezing rain, so no school for Wednesday either. I guess it is a good thing that I got 2 gallons of milk on Friday. :)

The kids have really enjoyed all the snow and playing in it. Xavier and the neighborhood boys have been sledding all over the place. We were unable to find real sleds, so my kids have been using a large cookie sheet. It works fantastic!!

Monday was also Addison's 3rd birthday. She was very happy to see all the beautiful snow. It snowed on Christmas day and so she thought it was Christmas all over again. LOL!

We celebrated with some friends the night before and she will have her party on the 16th. I will post birthday stuff after her official party. She also has function at school, whenever we finally go back. :)