So we learned that Eli truly doesn't like the cold. He won't stay outside longer than 10 minutes and he looks miserable the entire time. We put food coloring in water bottles and took the boys outside to "paint." It was hard for the boys to initially pull the trigger but then he got the hang of it.
I had to take about 5 pictures to get this one picture in which it appears that Eli is having fun. Haha. He promptly went inside after this picture and then Brad and I stayed outside with Aiden to help him build his first snowman.
Aiden enjoyed spraying the snow and making pictures.
Aiden really had fun when he built his very first snowman. Brad helped him put the chunks/balls of snow together. We've tried to make a snowman for the past few days but the snow wouldn't stick and we couldn't make a ball. Aiden painted eyes on the snowman and then put a carrot on his face for his nose. We found sticks for arms and a twig for the mouth. He was pretty excited about his creation. He then thought the snowman needed buttons on his chest so he created them with the water bottle (see bottom left picture).
Aiden decided he was cold and wanted to go inside. He got inside and wanted to help grandma with her with her new christmas present: a shredder. He had fun (and was very safe) putting stuff in the shredder.
I was not feeling well most of the day today. Once I finally got up, it wasn't long before Brad and I had to leave for an appointment with our financial advisor. When we got home, Aiden and Eli were playing nicely and all ready to go down for their naps. Kassie and Bryce let the boys play with these puff ball toys (when you squeeze the tummy of the animal, balls pop out of the mouths). It is actually great therapy and Aiden had a hard time doing it at first. He started putting the balls that popped out of the mouths onto his Hex Bug track.
Someone found Brad's old legos and brought them out today. The boys (all 3 of them) had a blast playing with them. Brad has lots of cool pieces and little men. He also has lots of wheels (to make cars).
Kassie and Aunt Pat were playing the piano tonight and Eli was dancing all around with Brad. It was too cute to watch. Eli loves himself some music and cousin Kassie is pretty darn good on the piano.
Eli even had fun putting together the legos and experimenting with them. He was watching daddy play and seeing and hearing the noises he was making and started mimicking that. They did a good job sharing as long as they had their own little pile.
We attempted to take a family picture tonight. It turned out pretty good. Tomorrow we are going to take a full family picture of the Hoyt household in IA right now.
I'm not sure how we are going to make it back with all our luggage once we add in the christmas presents. Thankfully Delta lets military (even on personal travel) check up to 2 bags for free. I've missed my kitties and can't wait to see them. We are praying for a healthy, uneventful trip back to AL and for all of us to be healthy.
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