here's Jo-Jo

I told you the other day that I'd share pictures of our new friend Jo-Jo. While I feel a bit bad about the delay, I should get credit for entertaining you with a video of Joshua and Patience while you waited. By the way, it was the first time that I exerted enough energy to figure out how to upload a video to share, and not a single one of you commented about how impressed you were. Where's the love? We used to get lots of comments and emails back when we had a new crisis every other day, but now that life is quieter no one takes the time to comment anymore. You do realize that I have very little adult interaction these days and depend on the internet for socialization, don't you? But I digress...

Last Friday Joshua had his first snow day. Every time we see 3 snowflakes in the air, Joshua asks if we can build a snowman. Every time the ground turns white, he's certain that this must finally be enough snow for a snowman. On Friday we at last had enough good packing snow to make a child sized snowman. Unfortunately, Daddy had to go to work, so Mommy had to play the role of the involved parent instead of just sending the kids out and enjoying the quiet. Actually, Mommy had to do nearly everything because Joshua and Patience quickly lost interest in pushing the big snowballs around the yard. However, everyone was happy to take credit a little while later when Daddy came home. After vetoing all the names we suggested for our new friend, the kids declared him Jo-Jo.