Easter

Easter at our house was very small this year.  Alex did an egg hunt in the living room shile Logan watched.  There is snow on the ground here, so we couldn't do one outside.  Alex got the Ratatouille movie and some candy and Logan got a basketball bank with change already in it.  We went over to a friend's house for brunch and Guitar Hero then ordered pizza for dinner.  We had a fun time eating pizza and watching college basketball.  Overall, it was a nice Easter for us.  

Here are some pictures of my boat - there's some work to do, but I think that it will get me to some fish.

More pictures of the house

Here are some pictures of our house.  We have most of it put together.  My scrapbook room is still a work in progress, so there aren't any pictures of it yet.  I took some pictures of our upstairs area, which is pretty much kid central.  They enjoy destroying the play area and getting out every possible toy.

Logan's room is pretty basic and bare for the time being.  We haven't made it to Cabela's to get stuff for his room yet.  He enjoys sleeping in there and thinks his clock is pretty neat.  It is a bear with a fish that swings back and forth from the bottom.

Alex has a really fun room.  She gets to keep her big girl toys in there.  They have small parts that Logan can't have.  She loves to get out the 101 Dalmations and put them on her bed.  She has a plastic dresser full of dress up and doll clothes.  As with Logan's room, there isn't much on the walls.  She's into princesses and we haven't gotten any princess stuff for her walls yet.

Huntin' Buddy

We have our computer set up downstairs, and when Erin checks her email during the day she'll turn little Logan loose. Logan is just starting to crawl, and has gotten into trouble for the first time(s) over the past week or two. He'll go after anything that looks fun, and loves to pull the DVDs out of the cabinet that they are in. The other day, Erin looked down and saw him with this hunting DVD. It was so cute that she took a picture. It looks like I may have a little huntin' buddy in the works!

Our New Kitchen

We are starting to settle into our Rockford house, and are quickly realizing how spoiled we are by this place.  We were spoiled by our backyard in Layton, by our weather and view in Albuquerque, and by our whole house here!  

The part of the house that we've had the most fun with so far is the kitchen.  I've always wanted a kitchen like this - it makes it so fun to do the cooking and creating that I love.  Erin loves to bake, and this is a really fun baking kitchen as well.

We'll post pictures of the rest of our house as we get things set up the way that we want them.

Recent Happenings at the Rule Household

There have been many happenings since our last post.  We have been busy getting our house together and keeping warm as well.  Here are a few updates on what we have been up to.  Since our last post, Logan has started to try and crawl.  He is kind of stuck on getting onto his knees and rocking.

Since we have wood floors, a lot of times he ends up going backward instead of forward when he pushes himself up.  Although if he gets his legs pushed up against a wall, he does a push up.

Alex learned how to use the potty over the weekend.  Ty told her that we would have a "potty party" for her if she went in the potty all day long.  She has been very good and learned quick and has only had a couple of accidents after the first day.  She was so excited to have her party.  She got to pick out plates, cups, cupcakes and juice.  Of course she wanted Princess plates and cups and sparkling apple juice.  We got her a Princess towel as a gift and she loves it.

Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday we had horrible weather.  It snowed a lot and we had really high winds.  Our street didn't get plowed until sometime during the night.  A lot of businesses were closed or closed early yesterday and the kids and I stayed home all day long.  Now some of you may be thinking "What happens when all that snow gets blown around?"  Here's what happens: the snow gets blown from your yard (which you aren't using) to your driveway (which you are using)!  Then  you get the fun job of shoveling it back onto the yard.

This storm also gave us confirmation that we had a house guest that we didn't invite.  I've seen rabbit tracks all over the snow and saw this hole under our porch and thought maybe that's where it was hanging out.  Sure enough, I saw this when shoveling the walkway this afternoon.

Ah...the lovely weather...

As expected, the weather here in Northern Illinois is cold and snowy.  Over the weekend the high was 3 with wind chills near -20.  Alex wanted to go out and play in the snow, we mainly walked around the house since it was so cold.  Yesterday Ty stayed home sick from work, and it was a good day to stay home, it snowed ALL DAY.  So this morning Ty lovingly shoveled the driveway.  I bet there was close to a foot of snow on the driveway and the majority of it was from yesterday.