Jeffrey Turns 7!

This year the annual Penn State vs University of Illinois game was on a Sunday afternoon right before Jeffrey's Birthday!  It was a tough game in many ways, but this time U of I finally won.  We enjoyed seats close to the action, we also got to watch the band and cheerleaders up close.  This was the first year Jeffrey was able to join us for the big game.  

We started Jeffrey's Birthday off with pancakes and bacon for breakfast, then a present and quick change into his number 7 shirt it was off to school.  Jeffrey chose to have ice cream sandwiches for his treat at school and everyone was very excited.  Grammie Laurie and I enjoyed having lunch with Jeffrey and his classmates.

After school it was time for Jeffrey's Birthday Sledding Party!  The weather cooperated and that we were able to celebrate Jeffrey's big day having fun outside with friends.  We were lucky to have some good snow in the last week that made sledding the sledding hill perfect.

Jeffrey and his friends sliding down in a big happy pile

Everyone had a great time at the party, all the friends from school we invited were able to come and I think everyone was happy to play outside on a wednesday afternoon in winter.  After some fun sledding we had a cocoa and cupcakes break, then it was time for more sledding.  The kids were very reluctant to leave, and their parents complimented our fun party idea.  

When we came home we warmed up with a fire, opened presents and Jeffrey began to assemble his lego ninja set.  He is really enjoying his new lego sets.

We all enjoyed tacos for dinner and a happy evening together -  Happy 7th Birthday Jeffrey!

Cold and Snowy January

 It has been a snowy and very cold January this year.  We have had the usual cancellations for snow (in PA that means that if it is snowing, or looks like snow, or an inch of snow falls, or there is a forecast for snow then there is a delay, cancellation or early dismissal)  and this year we have had some unusually cold days with temperatures at -10 overnight and highs in the low single digits.  They cancelled school the evening before cold temperatures were expected and Jeffrey was hoping that when he woke up there would be a bunch of snow to play in, but instead it was just frigid outside!

This month Jeffrey has really been enjoying skiing at Tussey Mountain.  He took a couple group lessons and now he is doing a great job skiing down the beginner slope.  He can ride the lift up by himself and we have a good time skiing together almost every weekend.  We have lunch from subway on our way there and when we get home Jeffrey has hot chocolate and I have a Latte.  Mike has brought Meredith to watch Jeffrey ski and she can't wait until she is big enough to go skiing too.  (Maybe next winter.)

Jeffrey tests out his new skis!

Other than that we have been having some cozy fires in the fireplace, watching some movies, keeping our pipes from freezing and getting ready for Jeffrey's birthday and Valentines day!