The time has just flown by since I've been focused on this school quarter. I'm taking Organic Chemistry, Nutrition, a Career class and Step Aerobics. I like my classes, but 90% of my study time is dedicated to Organic Chemistry.
Pancakes are always more fun when they are in the shape of hearts and stars. Sometimes I even make a silly face on Connor's pancake or waffle with fruit.
I suppose all those years that my mother made me eat breakfast before leaving for school has rubbed off on me. I've never been one to skip breakfast, after all it's the most important meal of the day! Breakfast fuels the brain for the days educational lessons. I'm not a big fan of the sugary cereals though... so, Connor and I enjoy a warm breakfast of pancakes or waffles, peanut butter, milk and sometimes a side of sausage, eggs or fruit. I cheat though... every weekend I make a batch of waffles, plain pancakes and then either blueberry pancakes or chocolate chip pancakes and put them in the fridge. Then I just have to pop them in the toaster in the morning and we have a healthy warm breakfast! Yes, it's a bit of work on the weekends, but the frozen waffles at the grocery store taste like cardboard and nutritionally they don't compare. These taste amazing and fresh... and the protein peanut butter keeps us full till lunch.
Jason and his brother Mark, both wrestled for State in High School. So, as you might expect he's teaching Connor some wrestling moves. Which also means I become the practice target. Connor is incredibly good though! His favorite move is called the 'Fireman's Carry' which he is demonstrating on me in the picture above. He also likes to do the 'one leg take down'.
Both my boys washing windows. Jason swears by using newspapers and Windex to clean the windows for a streak free shine.
Jason and I had a blast at his company award banquet this year. The food is always so incredible and it's nice to get a chance to visit with all the people he's always talking about. This year Jason got his three years of service award.
With January comes colds. We've all been hit with cold viruses this winter. I was lucky enough to avoid catching it the first time the virus went around our house, but it caught me the second time. Connor making his sick daddy laugh. Jason has worn glasses or contacts since he was pretty young. Everyone in the Charette family wears them. My side of the family is blessed to have good eye sight and nobody wears glasses (other than reading glasses that come with old age). I'm hoping Connor leans towards my side of the family for his site! Although he does look pretty darn cute in Jason's glasses.
This has been a crazy dry winter. The temperatures have been between 30-35 most of the winter, but we haven't seen very much snow at all. I think we've had more wind storms than snow storms. We did get a few inches of snowfall though... enough for Connor and Jason to build part of a snowman. They built the two snowballs for the snowman's body and then called it quits.
Connor's truck has studded tires so it does great in the snow!
Later in the week Lauren and Connor went outside to play in the snow and finished the snowman. The snow didn't want to pack... so the snowman has a shrunken head.
Connor loves to run his fingers through my hair. He always has. I had my hair in a pony tail and he asked to have his hair up too. He looks adorable with pig tails! Reminds me of when I was little and I paid my little brother .25 to let me dress him up. He was the best doll I ever had! Lol
Our evening ritual is puzzle time. Every since Grandpa gave Connor a box of wooden puzzles he made for Christmas we've been making puzzles every night. Connor is a puzzle fanatic! Jason and Connor were having a puzzle race. They each had 3-4 puzzles with all the pieces in a pile and had to race to finish them.
