I've been promising Anders for the past two days that I will take him outside and build a snowman. He has this intense love for snowman (thanks to good ol' Once There Was a Snowman). Every time we drive by a house with a real snowman or even one of those blow-up snowmen in their yard, he gets very excited. I knew he would think it was so cool to have a snowman of his own. Just drawing them on his easel and making them out of play dough isn't enough anymore. Yesterday, I waited and waited for the snow to quit and it was not looking good. I'd considered postponing it for one more day, but there's no chance of a 2 year-old allowing that to happen. I finally decided to brave the snow in my face and make our first attempt. I had forgotten that building a snowman required getting on your knees. I of course, do not have snow pants...I doubt they even make them in maternity size! Boy, was a sight for sore eyes! I was bending over every which way to try to figure out how I could manage without getting my knees wet. I'm sure glad we decided to build it in the backyard and not the front! We finally finished the snowman and Anders could not have been more proud. He told everyone he saw that we built a snowman (including everyone at the grocery store) and that Mommy rolled and rolled and rolled. Hmmm, it sure felt like it. Man, my muscles are still sore. I swear, it wasn't that hard 20 years ago!
Anders loves to pick up the snow and throw it at people because of his obsession of Elf. However, he does not like to fall or sit in the snow. When that happens, it reminds me a lot of the Christmas Story. He just yells, "uh oh, mommy, help me!" He stays in place until I run to his rescue.
This is the proud new snowman owner. He was giving the snowman a high-five and having a cute little conversation with it. I guess it was a good thing that I ran out of energy and only could make it 3 feet high. Now, it's Anders-sized.
Well, this is it. Christian is trying to mentally prepare himself to start his last semester of coursework in Pharmacy school. It just seems so unreal. In the 6 1/2 years we've been married, I have never known a time where Christian didn't have homework and studying to do. Now, this does not mean that he is graduating quite yet...oh no, there's another year and a half until that glorious day. What this means is he that after this semester, he will immediately start doing a year of Pharmacy rotations and no more classes! He is really excited for this part of his education. He will learn so much to prepare him for the rest of his career. For me, this means he will have a regular schedule and when he comes home, he's all ours! No more shutting himself away in his office and coming out for short breaks (which usually include wrestling Anders). We have really been taking advantage of this Christmas Break with Christian. We have kept so busy and Christian has jammed in as many shifts at work as he could. These last three days of the break, we have been trying really hard to do fun things with Anders. I had to post these pictures of what we did on Wednesday. I saw online that Classic Skating just added a new Mini Bowling activity. I took Anders to a bowling alley last week for my aunt Cherilyn's birthday party, and he had an absolute blast. I knew he would love to give this a whirl. Boy, was I right! He flew through those 10 frames faster than anybody I've ever seen. This is such a fun thing for kids! The balls are a lot smaller and the lane is a lot shorter. It is literally a miniature bowling lane. I definitely recommend it! Of course we couldn't stop there. We had to play arcade games and jump in the bounce houses. What a day! It was so much fun to watch my boys enjoy themselves so much! 
