Alex had his Valentine's Day party at school on Monday. Here he is laying out all the "goodies" he got from his friends. He was very excited about all of the lollipops!
Putting them back in the bag now...
He did get to have one of the lollipops after dinner and he certainly loved it!
This morning Alex and I headed to gymnastics...he was excited!! See videos from today below!
Post-bath two nights ago...
Valentine Bear from daddy! A new favorite friend...
Mmmwwaaa!
Playdoh fun with mommy today. He lined up the cutouts like that! He's definitely Type A like mom!
New Bath crayons...fun!
boat fun
post-bath tonight with his valentine
big hugs and kisses for his bear...thank you daddy!
Good morning mommy! 
Alex got a special Valentine from Grandma Pam and Grandpa Don. He calls his new friend "pink" but I have no idea why. He loves to snuggle with him while watching cartoons! Thank you Grandma Pam and Grandpa Don. Here, Alex decided to let "pink" take a ride on Duke.
Good boy pink.
I'm getting tired of blogging snow pictures. The table shows our latest amount. Thanks to Uncle Chuck for calling to check up on us so frequently. I think he's the only one with real sympathy for us since he's used to this amount of snow in Alton. As you can see, the piles of snow from all the shoveling are out of control. We literally don't have room to shovel the driveway again because the piles are like 5 feet tall on each side...too high to throw snow over. My back is killing me already. 
Visibility was very low today and we had 40 mph winds that are still whipping around now!
the view out front
my little cutie! such concentration goes into coloring...
I swear I did not do this. While I was doing my hair this morning Alex wanted to do his and picked this out. He looks like Richard Simmons, ha ha!
John Michael and Cary came over before naptime and the boys had a blast playing with playdoh.
Listen little elephant cookie, I'm about to eat you.
Ahhhhhhhh. Soooo goofy. 
just getting started....
First shoveling on Friday night around 6pm...3 inches or so
first shoveling of Rummy's path on the back deck
Saturday afternoon...another 6 inches or so (Marc scraped the tabletops on Friday night)
Rummy's path totally filled back in
getting bundled up and ready to go play!
second shoveling while it was still snowing, around 10am Saturday
our cutest little helper
out of control snow!
6 more inches...
visibility was less than 1 mile
front yard...
just out the front door...even the rhododendrum is almost covered...
Marc finished up the driveway (3rd time) and sidewalks (1st time) around 6:30pm yesterdsay!
front sidewalk
This view shows just how much snow is in our front yard...I'm standing at the front door so you can see the front sidewalk in the foreground and Marc standing on the sidewalk by the street, shoveling away. It's unbelievable...I wonder how long it will take all of this to melt!
