it's winter time?

Oh YEAH! and we're in Iowa...an interesting combination. We were reminded of this fact on Saturday when Old Man Winter made his VERY apparent appearance. (The first half of this post will be mainly for those who do NOT live in the great midwest...if you're not interested, feel free to scroll down :)).

This is a view from my sliding glass door on Saturday morning. No, it is not professionally frosted. It's au natural!! Talk about divine work! It had rained ice all night, and was obviously blowing against this side of my house! The weather man explained it. We were on the line of the storm where it was freezing (north of here, only snow; south only rain). Plus, higher in the atmosphere it was raining, so...it would rain high up, hit the cold front and turn to ice....THUS you get ice storms. Tricky, eh? (if you didn't understand, sorry! I explain things much better with my hands!)

This is the sidewalk out our front door. Ice skating anyone? Very tricky to manuver. I discovered the grass is much safer. Now, how to get from the lawn to the door of my car???

Jon and I just found this rather amusing. This and the next few pictures we took today (Sunday). Note, the driveways are all sloping down and they are solid ice sheets. Not only does the water NOT drain off because it it so cold, it freezes so smoothly you could probably figure skate on it NO PROBLEM! (well if you can figure skate on a hill, I guess).

Crazy, eh??

On to other things:

This is Mason's nap the other day. I went in to check on him and had to not laugh out loud. In case you can't tell, he's bent in half. He must've been sitting up, decided he was tired and just laid his head down on his Mickey. He was even snoring. It was a hoot!

Maybe we're not quite ready for 18 mo. pants. He crawled right out of them! Who needs pants, right?

And....we're officially 10 months! Holy Cow! Why isn't my waist down to where it was 10 months ago?? (okay, okay, I'll be honest.... 3 1/2 years ago???)

It's officially Christmas time at the Hibshman household! We put up our tree in our freezing cold apartment last night (I'll save that story for another day). Mostly so Brooklyn would stop asking, but also because it's fake so why not? It's not like it's gonna burst into flame...

This is Brooklyn hanging the very first ornament. She sure loves this stuff. (good thing it survived the flood, we'd have really been in trouble then!)

Dad and Brooklyn putting the top on, don't they look amused?

Mason helping me put on an ornament. Probably the only time he won't be taking them off for many years to come....

Last but not least: He's really thinking, "Oooo! Something new to play with! That looks fun! I think I'll crawl over and check it out!!" Not the best time to become mobile, house-wise, but we're not really complaining!

Sorry that was forever long! I hope you enjoy! Happy December everyone! It's the BEST month of the year!