SNOW

The weathermen got it right this time!  We woke to 7" of snow.  After a lazy morning, we got dressed for the occasion and headed outside for some fun!

***WARNING - lots of pictures to follow!***

WOW!

  Picture Perfect!

 snow was still falling in the morning

 Our Backyard

 time to play

 SNOWBALL FIGHT!

 look how huge that snowball is!

 he got her!

 Making snow angels

 some of the neighborhood kids came over to play

 in a twist of fate, we borrowed the neighbors driveway to sled down!

Cooper sledding

Reagan's turn down the hill

more snowballs

Cooper couldn't get enough of sledding! 

 love his facial expressions

 Reagan's mission today was to hit me with the biggest snowballs possible!

 We built our very first snowman

 taking a break from all the fun

 giving the snowman a kiss

 Cooper ate a lot of snow!

 little brother harassing the big sister!

 he's stalking her!

 he hit his target!

 She's on the attack now!

 We moved to the backyard for more fun!

 Cooper was a menace with snowballs!

 eating more snow

 Cooper loves to take "crazy face" pictures

 the end!

We had a great time playing in the snow.  Thankfully, it was already beginning to melt at the end of our playtime!  That's my kind of snow!

White Stuff

School was closed today in anticipation of snow that was predicted to fall.  Well, about 3:30pm, the white stuff began to fall.

let it snow!

 they hadn't seen snow in so long, they weren't sure what to do!

 oh, yeah! Catch it on their tongues!

 view from the back deck

 by 7pm, we had a pretty good covering

 I measured again right before bedtime - almost 3 inches

We'll see what tomorrow holds!

Ice Princess

The Girl Scouts held their annual ice skating outing today at a local ice rink.  You may remember Reagan and I skated for the first time ever last year.  We did much better this year, but we still need lots of practice!

the ice princess

we had so much fun

on center ice

getting better as the day goes on

much improved

hopefully, it won't be another year before we do this again!  Reagan says she wants to take lessons so she can go to the Olympics like Dorothy Hamill!

Work Before Play

After being out of school for a week due to snow and ice (of which, I missed ALL of it because I was out of town for work), the kids were going stir crazy!  So, this morning, I put them to work... chores... dusting, vacuuming, dishes, and anything else I could think of!  We worked until noon, then they were able to watch a few cartoons for their good work effort.

Cleaning the air return grates

 vacuuming the toy room

 vacuuming the stairs

 the stairs down to the basement needed vacuuming too!

 Then, it was time to play...

football

...rock climbing

 ...a little swinging

 ...ok, a lot of swinging

playing kickball

 ...jumping

...having wheel barrel races

 spending time with dad

 more kickball

 So good to be outside!

 Reagan didn't want to come outside and play, she took a shower and played inside

she has such a great imagination