Happy Birthday, Amedeo!

February 10, 2011 was an excellent day to become 3!!!

Dear Amedeo,

You are a very special little boy. You are sweet and kind and enthusiastic. I think you'll be a great big brother. I can only imagine the fun we will have this year!

Love,

Mama and Poppy

As far as his actual day went, Amedeo had a good birthday. We started out with a trip to Dunkin Donuts. Almost anything you do after DD is great because we WENT TO DUNKIN DONUTS and everything is AWESOME because we had LOTS OF SUGAR! Even going to the grocery is fun after you have been to DUNKIN DONUTS!!! We did lots of RUNNING in the grocery and managed to buy some food too.

We had a party the Sunday before for him and his buddies. I'll post some pics of that later.

Winter: Indoors and Out

I enjoy winter, particularly when snow is abundant! This year we haven't had as much as I like, but it is enough to enjoy.

This was some very wet snow...it stuck to the trees like crazy. We had a few limbs break, but nothing big. Maybe we'll have less pruning to do in the spring?


The Walgreens is completely obscured by the snow covered branches. This makes me want to have snow for the entire winter. Too bad that I am not in charge.


While it is fun going out in the snow to play, it does have some drawbacks. It can take 20-30 minutes to wrangle all the snow gear onto Amedeo.

I wish I had come up with this idea on my own...bringing snow indoors is a good compromise. Amedeo wanted to play in the snow at 5pm, when I wanted to start dinner. Instead, we brought some inside, he could play, and I could make dinner.


Very little gear is required....just some mittens!



I hope the temps don't melt the snow too fast. Amedeo loved this activity!