Tangled

Today, I took Robert to his very first movie.  We saw Tangled, mainly because it was the only rated G movie out there.  Across the street from the movie theater is a Five Guys.  So, we first stopped there to purchase a hot dog, then we smuggled it into the movies.  We also bought popcorn because how can you not eat popcorn at your very first movie outing.

I was a little disappointed to find that it was a 3-D movie.  3-D movies give me a headache, and Robert lost his glasses twice in the theater.  But, I did get an adorable picture of him in his 3-D glasses in the theater:

First, let me say that if you ever walk in a movie theater and see Robert, don't sit near us.  In fact, you had better just go to another movie.  Robert is a constant talker.  He did well for the first half of the movie, but then the food ran out and the questions began:

"Mommy, why are we in theater 8 and not theater 7?  How long is this movie?  Do you think next time we will be in theater 9?  Mommy, do you want my popcorn?  I have to go to the bathroom.  I know I just went but I have to go again."

It was a fun date with my little man.

Dancing girl ruins wedding

Mom, click here! With your mouse! This is the link.

I just had to share this funny youtube video where pole dancing ruins a wedding.  Check out the link above.  Hilarious!

ETA: I changed the name of the link to help the technologically challenged.

Thundersnowstorm

The snowstorm dumped about 4 inches of snow and resulted in a power outage for about 23 hours.  The boys were terrified when the power went out, but then found out how fun it could be:  playing with flashlights, having a sleepover in mommy's bed, going out to eat at McDonalds in order to warm up, and sledding all day long!  Robert was disappointed when the power came back on and said he hoped the power went out again.

Robert and Jack walking to our sledding hill. 

It took forever to get there because Robert kept stopping to eat snow.  I had a hard time getting Jack out the door.  He was throwing a tantrum since I would not let him eat candy after breakfast. 

When we got to the hill, Jack finally stopped crying "candy" and started to eat the snow,

and he ate more snow

and more snow.

I did manage to get Jack to put the snow down and actually go sledding.

Robert

This year is the first time Robert is able to walk back up the hill with his sled by himself.  My back thanks him for this.  Now I just have to train Jack to walk up by himself.

Jack decided it was more fun to slide down on his bottom instead of taking turns with the sled.

 It was tough going without power: no phone, no internet, no tv, and worst of all, no heat!  I was just starting to put the boys in the car and head over to my mom's house when the power returned last night.  Alex had to go to work and missed all the fun.

Monster Hats

We made monster hats today for the boys!

I had one glove that was missing its mate, so I cut it up and used it for Jack's hat.  I'm hoping that Jack likes it so much that he'll actually wear it.  I've been trying all winter to get him to wear a hat outdoors.

More Pictures from Park City, UT

The temperature was very cold that week, except for our first day of skiing. 

Here you can see the temperature was close to zero.

Tim, me, Jeff, Dad, Michelle and John.  It was coldest on the chairlift where you really needed to have every inch of your body covered.  My sister, Christine, actually had to leave the ski resort early one day when she experienced early symptoms of frostbite on her nose.

On Day 2, we decided to be adventurous and try the double black diamond bowl, Jupiter Bowl (me, Tim, John, Michelle, and Dad)

It is hard to tell how steep the bowl was from these pictures. 

On another run, Tim and John were crazy enough to hike up a mountain ridge and ski off trail.  I thought this picture was cool:  John on top of the ridge.

Robert's uncles really want him to become a snowboarder just like them!  I want him to be a skier.  :)

I think this is a picture of Alex snowboarding.  I kept mistaking my brother-in-law Jeff for Alex because they both were wearing black and snowboarding.

 Robert and cousin Whit

1045 Woodside, Park City, Utah

Main Street, Park City

note: the above pictures were all stolen without permission from my brother Tim's website

Park City, Utah

We just got back yesterday from a week long Andersen family vacation at Park City, Utah.  Other attendees:  Grandpa Andersen, Uncle Tim, Uncle John & Aunt Michelle & cousin Whit (age 4), Aunt Christine & Uncle Jeff & cousin Ryan (age 2) & cousin Ellie (age 1).  It was so much fun getting all the little cousins together:  lots of laughter, a lot of running around in diapers/underwear (thanks to my boys), and a lot of fights over toy cars.

Robert was in ski school for four days with cousin Whit (also age 4) , then came out skiing with us on our last day.  He has mastered the snow plow (they call it making pizza slices) and can turn through the obstacle course.  He and his cousin Whit like to point their skis straight (french fries) and go fast.  And I mean really fast.  I would frantically scream "slow down", wondering just how well that helmet would work if Robert wrecks.

Robert

Robert and Whit. 

 Jack didn't get to go skiing.  Alex stayed with him in the morning while I skied, then we would switch and Alex would snowboard in the afternoon.  On our last day, I put him in the daycare at Deer Park.  He did really well!  The staff gave me a report card that detailed what he ate, what time he took a nap, diaper changes,etc....  In the comment section they wrote "Jack was a ball of energy!", a nice way of saying he was quite a handful.  :)  When I picked him up, two little cute girls came over to me, very concerned I was taking Jack away from them.  Here is a picture of Jack after I picked him up from daycare:

The house we stayed in was beautiful.  It is my dream house.  Usually when I return from a long trip, I feel so happy to be home.  Not this time!  I'm really missing the heated bathroom floors.  The house also has a heated garage and a heated driveway.  The best part about the house is the location.  It is walking distance to a Park City Ski Resort ski lift, and is walking distance to downtown where all the restaurants are located.

More pictures:

Rub a dub dub, four cousins in a tub:  Jack, Ellie, Ryan, Robert

Both of my boys just LOVED baby Ellie. Here's Jack kissing Ellie.  So cute!

Robert and cousin Ryan

Unfortunately, Jack is wearing just a diaper in most of the photos taken.  We had a hard time keeping clothes on him, but he loved to wear his new snow boots everywhere.

Risky Business

Jack and cousin Ryan going for a walk while everyone is skiing.

Robert wearing his ski pants, hat, and Daddy's ski goggles.

Me and Alex, about to hit the bunny slope with Robert

Silly faces at dinner:

 Jack

 Whit

 Ryan.  He wouldn't make a silly face, so here is his cute face.

Robert

Happy New Year - 2011

 We spent New Year's Eve at Austin Grill in Springfield.  We had an early dinner - kids' meals were only $1.11.  We chose Austin's because they had free face painting, and we all know how much Robert loves to get his face painted!  It's hard to see what Robert's face is in the picture below because he is wearing a New Year's Eve hat, but he is Ironman.  It looks like Jack has his nose painted, but if you look closely, it is just a big boo-boo.  He sustained a very bad rug burn on his face when he fell (or was pushed off) a climbing block at the Tysons Corner Mall playground.

The kids were in bed by 8pm, Alex in bed by 9:30pm, and I rang in the New Year by myself watching Ryan Seacrest on TV.  Woohoo!  What a wild night!  LOL