Another duck bites the dust....

This past weekend an ice storm hit our area. The temperatures dropped, everything froze over, and we were housebound for a day. That was not the major drama in our house: the major drama was the demise of another duck.

Rowdy's favorite toy is a squeaky duck that is very loud and obnoxious. He likes to pick the duck up by the tail and then violently shake his head from side to side to make the loudest noise. Eventually after alot of play the tail detaches from the body. This DOES NOT make Rowdy happy because even though the duck will still squeak it is not nearly as exciting or loud. After we bought him his first duck last summer (and subsequently the tail came off), we discovered that this is not a particularly easy toy to find. We have tried others squeak toys but he doesn't like anything as much as he like the duck. When we finally found a replacement duck several months ago I did what any "good parent" would do: I bought several and put them away. When the duck tragedy occurred this weekend. Rowdy picked up the broken tail and looked at me with sad eyes so I immediately got out a replacement for him. See, it is the little things in life that make you happy.

The tailless duck with his brand new counterpart.

Okay so enough about squeaky dog toys on to the rest of the weekend:

Saturday as the weather was getting bad we celebrated at Kelby's birthday party. He had a joint party with one of his classmates whose birthday is the day before his. The party was a held at a local restaurant and included dancing, a deejay, and of course birthday cake. They had a wonderful turn-out and there was alot of movin and groovin' going on.

Kolin even got into the act and did some breakdancing for the crowd.

They had fast songs, slow songs, country, rap, rock, and everything in between. Yes, I was the obnoxious aunt running around talking pictures (even during the slow dances).

The attendees of the party. That is alot of 12-13 year old hormones floating around!!!

After the party we were supposed to have a girls M3 night at Erin's but because of the weather we had to postpone. Huge Bummer!!!! Instead Paul and I went home and cleaned house, it was a very exiting Saturday night!!

Sunday was still cold and there was still ice on the ground but the roads were fine so we ventured out. We went to the movies and saw We are Marshall (highly recommend) and then did a little shopping at Sam's. I think there were a total of 5 other people shopping in the store. We came home put on our flannel pj's and then settled in for the night.

Monday began another work week and all the the normal stuff that goes with it.

Hope everyone is keeping warm and thanks for checking in!!