Our Splendid Seneca Nation: November 2009

Well. It's official. Winter is here and it hit us HARD. Like a slap in the face, we are trucking right along with below zero temperatures. Yuck. Last night it was -15 at our house! In Anchorage!
Not Fairbanks. Anchorage!
Know what I say to that??
RUDE.

I seriously feel like I'm living in the movie "Fargo".
Excellent movie. Not so excellent snow and cold.

What are we to do with this type of weather?

#1: Stay in-doors if at all possible

#2. Jump up and squeal in excitement for PapaGa's upcoming visit (and maybe clean a toilet or two)

When all else fails, you can always play train with boxes from Costco. Here are the little animals, mid "Choo Choo!".

Although.....nothing beats a good ole leg ride after Daddy gets home. He was only happy to oblige. And that's no small feat when you're hauling these Seneca beefcakes around!

Reason # 4,683 why I married this guy.

Today, we are only 4 DAYS away from PapaGa making their descent! It's all these guys talk about...today Bubs asked, "How many times I gotta sleep and wake up 'fore PapaGa gets heres?". We can't wait. And seeing as how this was how excited their PapaGa were to see THEM last year....

...there's no tellin what will happen! All I know is that all four of us will be at the airport, jumping for joy, smacking our lips and wringing our hands in anticipation!!

So, to settle us down and provide a little focus for us Fargo-ens, we made cards for PapaGa to put in their room.

They listed the top 3 reasons why they were excited to have PapaGa visit, and let's just say....I haven't laughed that hard in awhile. Punks.

At nap time today, Sissy apparently forgot she had a bed? When I asked her later why she was sleeping on the floor she said, "My bubbie (Barbie) has her blankie on the floor". Oh. Proceed.

I think the pressure of being a Mommy to both a naked, rat-haired, chewed up dollie and her "Bubbie" has finally gotten to her. I think she snapped. I can understand the feeling, Sissy.

Or maybe she's just multi-tasking?

Two words: PIONEER WOMAN. Aaaaaaamazing. I'm slightly obsessed with her. And her new cookbook! My friend Alisa totally pre-ordered a copy for me and I got my greedy little paws on it this past Friday night. Check it out:

She gives step-by-step instructions for all her delicious recipes, I love it!!! I read it cover to cover when I got home that night, thank you Alisa! You're the best. And I think you've taken a page right outta Ree Drummond's book cause the dinner on Friday was delicious! Alisa and Corey had us, the Johnsons and the McIlorys all out to their beautiful new house in Palmer. We had great food, great conversation and of course...great pictures of the kids.

Four of our six punks chowing down. Bubs is not quite sure what he wants to tackle first. He fell asleep on the way out to Palmer so it was a battle to get him to calm down and cheer up! Hmmm....what would make this Grumpy Guts jump for joy??

How about a blue tube to tunnel through? Let me just say this: Bubs does NOT mind kickin it at the Parrents' house.

It only took these animals .2 seconds to start wiggin out. Future hockey stars or crazed pre-schoolers? You be the judge.

Claire sooooo does not have time for those crazy boys. She has important calls to make, hidden behind the couch at her Mama's request.

I think the Daddies had the right idea. Brews, buddies and deer hunting on TV? I had to drag Colin outta there.

Let's end our fun night with a pose, you little punks! I have no idea what's going on here but I love the fact that they're all doing it together. I could bite Claire Bear's knock knees!! When I point to them and ask her where she got them, she says, "From Daddy!".

Saturday afternoon in the backyard! First things first....the Seneca men don't relax until a job (any job) is complete. Yesterday, we started on the big winter project of piling up all the freshly fallen snow into a big ole sledding hill. Fun right in our backyard, all winter long. :)

I think someone's ready for a sled ride.

Smile for snow! And I will have you know...I did pull these punks all over the yard. It got to the point where Bubs said, "Oooohhh, Mommy. You okay?". Time to get my new workout DVD in that player, stat!

Greatest thing about living across the street from an air field? Delicious distractions caught on camera. "Hair-pain! Hair-pain! Mommy! Hair-pain!".

There's that Daddy! They have nowhere to run when this guy's around...snow angels, wrestling, chasing around on all fours....I think they'll keep him around.

Two seconds after she attempted to throw a snowball at her Dad. She got a handful....yelled "Hi-Yah!" and it flew back, directly in her face. Oh man, we haven't laughed that hard in a while.

Bubs wanted to show you all of his beautiful artwork from school. He is especially proud of his two new dinosaurs! We're going to have to build him his own art wing to make room for all these masterpieces.

Fargo?

P-Dub!

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