Subzero Fun

What do you do when it is in the negatives outside? That last few days it has been around -2 or lower. Anything below zero means I stay in the house (Who am I kidding. Anything below 40 I stay in the house.) We get bored fast, so today we played my favorite sport, field hockey, in the basement for a few hours. Caden is pretty good. I think it was because he use to watch me coach field hockey when we lived in Ventura (where the weather was always prefect). Oh how I miss Ventura, especially on days like these.

Beauty Sleep

All that beauty sleep has really worked because he is beautiful. This is my baby, Colton James Klein. He is such a blessing to our family. I am so thankful that he is here. (P.S. that other handsome devil is the love of my life. I am grateful that I tricked him into marrying me. )

Winter Wonderland

What kind of parents take a two and half month old out in the freezing cold? Sorry, but we got over 10 inches of snow and it was just screaming to be a sledding day. Caden had a blast and Colton slept through it.

As a side note, I caught Jared teaching Caden how to behave like a typical boy (showing him how to ride the sled down the deck stairs and how to jump off the back deck into the snow). Caden asked when can he ride the sled off the roof. What can a girl do in a house full of boys, but laugh.

Field Trip the Klein Way

Jared was looking in a book I have called "Cleveland Family Fun". He found a little gem called Lake Erie Nature and Science Center. What appealed to him the most was that it was free. What appealed to Caden the most was that there were snakes that you can find here in Ohio. He has been planning for weeks now to catch a rattlesnake just like the one in the science center (corn snakes no longer keep his interest). I am not sure I like knowing that there are rattlesnakes in Ohio. Ignorance is bliss.

Trip to Michigan

It is amazing how much entertainment a 4 yr. old can get out of Grandpa's dollar store Christmas gifts. Caden insisted on bring his new chinese finger traps with us on our trip to the Kubalek's for New Years Eve. The question to ask is "How many times has this happened to you?"

Colton's First Visit with Santa

This picture shows the boys as we experienced "Breakfast with Santa" at the local grocery store. We left having learned two important things, namely: 1) Grocery store breakfasts don't taste as good as Daddy's homemade breakfast and 2) Colton is not really that big of a fan of Santa, yet.