Happy New Year! (plus odds & ends)

On Dec. 31st we woke up to a coating of snow. I went out to clear the driveway and Zach, being the great helper that he is, came out to help too. He used his dollar store shovel like a pro. Maybe next year he can move up to the real thing.

That evening, New Year's Eve, we were invited to a party so Paul and I along with Zach and Megan went. Kristin was being a party pooper and opted out and Lauren wanted to spend the night at her friend's house. With Zach being with us we weren't sure how long we would be staying but amazingly he stayed awake and was good and we made it to midnight. He crashed in the car though and slept through getting his pajamas on. Here he is on our couch after being carried from the car.

Zach organizes the cereal
If we don't make anything for breakfast than Zach will usually eat cereal. He knows where it is and goes and picks out which one he wants. This morning he pulled out every box of cereal and lined them up on the floor.

Can't forget the ones in the back. He kept telling me to not take his picture.

Finally...a new fish

Zach's other fish all died, the last one dying a few weeks ago. Yesterday Paul took him to the pet store to pick out something new and here's what he got:

It's a male betta fish so there can only be one in the tank. I love the blue coloring of it. I don't know what he named it, when he gets up from his nap I'll ask him and post later.

Other miscellaneous pictures:

This is a picture from Kristin's last band concert. Her friend's mom took it and sent it to her.

In this pic Kristin had been awake for over 24 hours. She slept Friday night and woke up, let's say around 9:00 am on Saturday. There was a lock in at church for the youth on Saturday night where if she did sleep it was only for an hour or so. This pic was taken at 6:15 pm Sunday evening.

Another one of our desk drawers broke and Zach was being too cute saying he was going to fix it. He got a flashlight...

...then pulled the broken piece back up until it was even and said, "all done!"

Would've been nice if it had been that easy. He is interested in how things work so it wouldn't surprise me in a few years if he doesn't start fixing things for real around the house.