Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Saturday we got our first snow of the year. I couldn’t figure out why Ty was being so goofy and then it dawned on me. This was the first time he’d really “seen” snow. Last year he was just a baby and had no clue what it was but this year it was a new and exciting experience for him.

He was even more excited when he realized it was snowing out the front window just like it was the back window. I got a chuckle out of him and his excitement.

Chase was ready to go build a snowman and sled. I told him unfortunately that wasn’t the type of snow he needed for that.

We did get enough for my truck to slide out of the drive and into the road. Luckily my neighbor was nice enough to let me know what happened.

This morning Ty had another 1st! Those of you who have been around him know what a little purse digger he is. If he sees a purse he likes to rifle through it to see what he can find (right Aunt Heather). Well this morning while I was getting ready for work he snuck downstairs without me hearing him (he usually plays in his room) when I heard my cell phone alarm go off (a calendar reminder).

The next thing I know I hear it coming up the stairs. Ty was very sweet and brought it up to me. I was surprised he hadn’t messed with it but he hadn’t. As he handed it to me I noticed something red in his mouth. I thought to myself “oh no, he found a piece of cereal on the floor”. I asked him to spit it out and reluctantly he did. Was it cereal? Nope. It was Stride cinnamon gum.

Can you believe he was chewing cinnamon gum? Chase won’t even chew it because it’s too “spicy” for him.

Needless to say when I got downstairs the insides of my purse were all over the couch. It looked like he had fun.

Going Green

The plant in my office was starting to look like it needed a little TLC so I decided to make a project out of it for Chase and I.

Mom always told me that if I wanted my Devil’s Ivy to be thick I couldn’t let it get long. Well it got very long and scraggly looking. A few weeks ago I cut some starts off of it and decided maybe Chase would like to grow his own plant. I went to Lowe’s to buy some pots and headed home with the supplies.

Here is Chase with my poor plant at the beginning.



This is how long some of the vines were.



Cutting up the vines.



Wow! Look at the difference in the plant.



Ty was helping out too (by staying out of the way)



Putting the starts mom took into one of the pots.



The “finished” products



The blue one has the starts I took, the red one is just pieces of the vine in moist soil (I read they should grow that way) and then the last one was the original plant. I need to buy a new pot to transfer it into.

There are 3 full cups of “starts” on my sink so as they start to get vines Chase and I will transfer them into pots as well.