The Weather Is Bipolar ....

 That's right......... I said it...  the weather in WI is totally bipolar!   We often say that in WI - you can experience all 4 seasons in one day!  In the morning, it can be soooo cold, and snowing, then warm and rainy, then hot and sunny and the evening so nice and calm with a nice bon fire going........ yep, that's what WI is like sometimes.   Then again...  a lot of places are like that.

Yesterday it got up to be over 60 degrees here... I know that may seem like nothing to some of you but here, coming out of the deep WI freeze, it's HEAVEN...... and we went outside after Dennis got home from work and let the kid run the back yard.  We don't do it TO much cuz our "fenced" in back yard is not completely fenced in.  Either it was never finished, or it was damaged and tore down.   Needless to say, there is no way to keep the babies running down the driveway and into the "Ally Well Used" ...   and I'm only one person, it would be nice to not have to spend the whole time outside chasing after them, or worse, both of them...  sure I can MAKE the terrible teen go out with me and hear him go "Can I go back in" every 5 minutes... and there is NOTHING like seeing the 8 year old, who is 38lbs... try to carry a baby who weighs just about as much as HE does because HE wants to help...  So, when Daddy got home last night, he basically used the car to may a pseudo gate.  It worked, REALLY well...

I accidentally left the windows open and it was FREEZING in here this morning, and of course the temp has just been going down today, right now...  according to my weather bug, it's about 35 degrees...  I had to turn my heat on for a couple hours just to warm it up for the babies after I closed all the windows.

It's no fun ...  why can't it just be in the 50's or 60's right now and stay there!  Much more pleasant!  

 So I wanted to share the pictures taken outside yesterday ...

First off, Kaedyn woke up from his nap with this mark between his eyes.... 

Kaedyn put himself in his highchair and was making "vroom"ing sounds...  so I started to tape and he totally stopped, of COURSE ...  but he was trying to say GO... 

Cal was cleaning the yard and I went out to help, I was trying to break something apart to throw it away, and I got rewarded with this.   It looks small but it HURTS BIG.....

This is the first time Kaedyn has been outside and really able to PLAY ...  he had a blast!  He would look at Nathan going down the Little Tykes Slide like "how'd you do that!?!?!"  and at the end of the night, Daddy helped him down the slide for the first time, and I took pictures...  we were hoping he'd get up there and try it himself but he was to scared.   So here are various pictures of them outside (I woke up sick yesterday and never actually got them dressed dressed, both PJ's stayed clean all day so we just stuck with those, after outside, they both got baths and new PJ's though)

Don't be shocked by the rare appearance of the Moody Teen!!!  It's a rare sighting I know!
And see the pseudo gate?

Nathan and Kaedyn on the swing, Kaedyn didn't know what to think...

The sometimes elusive 8 yr old decided to join us too!

He says "I'm going to miss our swing set, but we're going to get another one right!?!?"  Yes Noah, we will get another one...  "Will it be the same??"  Probably not Noah ...  this was was designed specifically to help with his physical therapy when he was a two ...  it was literally a swing set built for Noah...

And here is Daddy ...er....  kissing our hamburgers and steaks with the flame of arson fire...  he literally put on his chef coat knowing it was more resistant to flames, AND that is after the fire died DOWN.. lol...

Kaedyn going down the slide for the first time!

And it's so hard for me to think of how my lil man is going from this  (age 1)

to this (almost age 3)

His big #3 Birthday is coming up here soon....  Aunt Cathy's lil Jacob was first on the 19th of Jan, Miss Natalie's Birthday is today on the 19th of March (go check out her Momma's Blog at AIRING MY DIRTY LAUNDRY, ONE SOCK AT A TIME and wish Natalie a Happy Birthday!)  and then it's lil Nathan on the 19th of April!!  It saddens me that Nathan's buds are 3 now, that means, he's next....  no more avoiding it.. (even though I've already started calling him "my three year old")

And as a bonus, this is what my personal forecast said just now, that I got in my email... direct from our local weather guy!

Clouds and a northerly breeze will prevent temperatures from dropping too dramatically tonight, with lows in the middle 20s by morning. Sunshine gradually returns on Saturday and that will make it feel a little better despite highs only in the lower 40s (which just happens to be normal for this time of year!).
Oooooooooh shuddup!!  But isn't it nice that he emails me personally!?!?!?   (looks around) ... What do you MEAN he emails EVERYONE who signs up for the service!?!?!?   Gah!!

** Disclaimer:  I mean absolutely no disrespect to anyone who may happen to be or know anyone bipolar.