habitat, fat cats and dating with children

One of my favorite memories was of a time when just after Ted and I started dating. Ted volunteered to help roof a house for Habitat for Humanity and I volunteered to "hang out" with Alan. Ted dropped him off at my parents house and his hair looked like he had just rolled out of bed. My mom and I fussed over him for awhile and we took some pictures of him hugging our fat cat. Then I walked with him to the corner store to buy something cold to drink and then past the house his dad was working on. He was so little and cute. He insisted on holding his water while we walked and I just wanted him to hold my hand. He called me "Mawee" and I was in love.

We have a picture on our fridge of Alan hugging the fat cat because I like to remember how excited I was to get to know Ted and Alan.

snow day!

what is that and what is it doing in my yard?