Snow and Tomatoes

It's crazy weather here. Yesterday was 81 degrees, but last night a strong cold front came through and brought sleet (with thunder!) and, believe it or not, SNOW! Of course, it was just a little bit, and it melted as soon as it hit the ground, but it was real snow and there was enough to accumulate on the roofs. The other thing I did yesterday was pick my tomatoes off the vine before they froze. Snow and tomatoes should not be in the same sentence. But, this is Texas!

Snow on our neighbor's house

My December Tomatoes

Ornament Playdate

Today we had a playdate with Kaylee and some of her friends. The mommies ate brunch, Dax ate crayons, and everyone made a Christmas ornament. We had a great time and hope to get together with our new friends again soon.

Dax loves Kaylee (she's just playing hard to get)

Hmmm, which sticker will really "complete" this ornament?

Christmas Tree Farm

We have started an annual tradition of cutting down our own Christmas tree. There is a tree farm about 30 minutes away and it's a lot of fun. Of course it brings back all sorts of wonderful memories of Grandpa Smith's Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania. Dax really enjoyed running up and down the rows of trees and weaving in and out. Maybe as much as he enjoyed the donkey(naturally!) and the goats at the petting zoo area. But only "maybe as much" - it was really funny when the goats licked his hands, and well, donkeys are really cool. And, Duane enjoyed the cutting this year, because he actually had a saw that was sharp.

The tree is now home and decorated. Only non-breakable ornaments this year. Dax likes to bat at the ornaments, so he's spent some time in time out, but he's getting better. It's just so hard to not play with all the shiny objects!

He's off to find the perfect tree


So, a sharp saw makes a difference, huh, Daddy?


Daddy's little helper


Dax loved feeding the goats - they were very gentle and tickled his hands with their tongues

Gettin' in the Christmas Spirit

Typical Saturday Morning

Here is a video with a few minutes of a typical Saturday morning in the DeRouen household. FYI - video is over 5 minutes (I wanted to give you the full effect).

Busta Move

Due to popular demand, here is a video montage of Dax's dance moves. We have no idea where he gets his, umm, rhythm.

Momma

Since Dax was the only 17 month old (in the world, I'm sure) who did NOT say "momma", Duane and I worked with him for a couple days. He now has it down. That little embarassed half-smile when he says it and the way he sticks out his bottom lip, are all just too cute. It melts my heart every single time.