Fire Truck Ride

Its Nathan's third birthday today! Over the weekend we celebrated it with a special trip to the Rapids Fire Hall.

The firefighters there were so nice. They gave us a tour and let us try on their fire fighting suits!

Ella was a little scared of the oxygen masks-

We got to ride in the back of one of the trucks-

Ella was tired too- so she did her best to keep it together :)

The best part was the fire truck ride- They let Nate turn on the siren and honk the horn. Ella got to go on 2 rides around town.

Zoe was sleepy so she didn't get to ride- but she had a good time hanging out with her cousin, Seth. Happy Birthday Nate!

Making a Snowman with Mom

Its been sooo cold outside- Zoe has been staying in her pj's all day to stay warm.

Zoe is getting so big. She turned 8 months yesterday! She started all out crawling on Sunday at church. I think she is driving Ella nuts as she is learning to cruse all over the living room. She is even pulling herself up on things. She is not pulling to a stand yet- but she is getting up just high enough to grab toys and books- and Ella's food :) Ella's new favorite phrase: "Stop it"

In the last few weeks- we have had about 6 consecutive lake effect snow warnings. We took advantage of all the snow and made an "ella-sized" snowman.

We even discovered snow-cream. Pretty much- you just take some snow, sugar, milk and chocolate and make icecream- it wasn't bad- Ella loved it and Zoe had some too!

She did a good job- but mostly she enjoyed putting snow on the pile we made and knocking it down :)

Poor kid even had to shovel :(