Fun in the snow

I am loving that it is snowing. It's just fun to change things up a little. I know I'll be hating it come January and February, but right now I can enjoy it. 

So to enjoy it, Jonas and I played in the snow, for his first time! He LOVED it! We actually went out twice in one day. He loved helping me shovel, and following me while I shoveled, and he loved touching the snow (after he got used to it) and walking in it. 

Another reason why being a stay at home mom is great! You get to show and experience all the wonderful things in the world together!

This was after he first "fell" (he just toppled forward and his hands landed in the snow) and he was confused by the cold snow.

He eventually just threw off his mittens, so I kept them off and we touched the snow together - with our bare hands!

I love this kid! And by the way, my ankle is doing a lot better. It is still stiff in the mornings, but I can walk on it just fine after the muscles get warmed up. Also another note, last Friday, Nov. 2, I told myself that I was not going to eat anymore sugar. And I have gone a whole week of not eating cake, cookies, candy, all that awful stuff for you. A week is pretty good for me because lately there has been sweets EVERYWHERE. For instance, Jonas's Halloween Candy. Let's face it, when you're a parent, and your 18-month old gets candy, he's not going to eat all of it! And also my in-laws always have candy, ice cream, you name it at there house. So when we go visit on Sundays it's hard to resist. But I passed! I didn't eat any sugar there, I wasn't even tempted. This is for real people!

The reason why I'm telling this is because I feel like I need to be accountable to......someone or something. At first Clint said he was going to join me......but he hasn't started yet. He's still eating all the candy we have in our house, which is fine, someone has to do it. And I don't like being the person to make someone do something if they don't want to, so who knows if he'll really join in on the "fun". But I can be accountable to all 10 people that read my blog - especially my mom. I know I can count on her. So occasionally, maybe once every two weeks, I'll let you know how I'm doing. So there you go, I need to get into shape and stop eating all the sugar because that is what is killing me lately - there's too much of it around. And it doesn't help that I love baking, so I'll just stick to cooking yummy dinners. However, I did tell Clint that Thanksgiving and Christmas DAY only might be an exception, but we'll see. Right now, I want nothing to do with sugar, and I don't even want to eat it when those holidays come around, but we'll see.