Snow Day!

I obviously hadn't been keeping up with the news since I thought yesterday's winter storm was just going to be the typical Texas snow and disappear in a few hours. I still can't believe that it snowed ALL day and night and we woke up to the most snow I've ever seen (in Texas anyway)! I dug out our pitiful supply of snow clothes and let the boys have at it...

Everything's more fun with Granny and Pops, so we headed over to their house to play...

We even found an awesome hill for the boys to sled down...on a plastic pool floatie of all things - only in Texas! It worked really well though, probably better than any sled out there. I'm so glad Granny and Pops were there to help because the big fat pregnant lady is not of much use these days...

We were soaked by the time we had to drag them home, but I think they would have stayed out there all day... must be that little bit of Utah blood they have in them!

Clean-Up Crew

My boys LOVE to make messes.  Cleaning up, on the other hand... not so much.  Needless to say, I was a little surprised when I heard them talking excitedly about cleaning up their toys this morning.  With all this talk, I was hoping to see a spotless living room when I walked out, but instead I saw this...

They had dumped out EVERY toy basket and were trying to pick up each little piece with the "grabbers" they got from Santa.  I guess you have to make a real good mess before you can get excited to clean it up!

It might take them all day, but at least they're cleaning up!

Cute Church Boys

I thought the boys were looking especially cute for church yesterday, and since we don't start until 1pm now (ugh!), there was plenty of time to snap a few pictures...

They just couldn't put down their latest favorite toys though - Mo's whoopie cushion (aka his "burp") and Ben's sword-fighters... 

They might be wild and crazy, but at least they're cute!

 

Another New 'Do

Apparently, Ben has not only taken interest in styling his little brother's hair these days.  The other morning I woke to find him in the bathroom looking like this...

A little "There's Something About Mary"-esque.  I think he used about half the bottle of hair gel and it was already starting to crust over...

I hope this early morning (before mommy wakes up) hairstyling thing (especially if scissors are involved) is a very short-lived phase!  At least this time it was a simple fix... a quick bath and we were ready to go.

Goldilocks No More

It was a sad day at the Hafen household... mostly for me as I resigned myself to buzzing Mo's choppy hair (thanks to his new stylist, Ben). I seriously felt like I was maiming him as I saw all those golden curls fall to the floor.  In case you've forgotten, here they are again in all their glory...

I don't even recognize this little boy, but I guess I'll get used to it...

While I was on the verge of tears, he actually thought it was quite hilarious (not the actual haircut part, but the looking in the mirror part afterward). On a positive note, there's much more surface area of that adorable face for me to kiss and that will be enough to get me through until it grows back...hopefully quickly :)