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

Sunny Sunday

After a week of below freezing temperatures, it was finally warm enough to go outside and play.  We had fun throwing the football, playing on the swing and shooting Nerf guns at each other!

concentration

 this girl loves to swing

 a family friendly game of football

 kicking off

look at that form!

 watch how his face changes as the ball gets closer to him

 all smiles

 squinty - eyed

 not too sure about this

 eyes closed

 he looks like he's in pain!

 he caught it!

 time to throw

back to the swings

 Cooper also learned how to pump his legs to swing today!

 rock climber

 acting a fool!

monkey boy!

Reagan wasn't too interested in having her picture made or playing with the family today