More snow

Earlier in this week our kind Creator saw it fit to dump another 8 inches of snow. Even though some of us were less than thrilled to see it, it was quite possibly the perfect snowfall. Lots of thick heavy packing snow, perfect for playing in. So out we went, all 4 of us. Together we built a snowman, snow angels, snow castles, and we turned the steps off the back porch into a sledding hill (which was a sheer delight to the young ‘uns.) I didn’t get many pictures that day (too busy playing!) but here are a few.


In other news, do you remember a few weeks back when Alex was complaining that his schoolwork was too easy? Well I changed things up a little bit with his reading to make it a little more of a challenge. Now every week he gets a new word list with 20 words, half of them are easy and the other half are a little tougher. The kid is completely devouring everything I throw at him. He can’t get enough. I think it’s safe to say that he’s going to love reading – not sure where he got that from!

Warning: creative minds at work

In case you weren’t quite sure what you are looking at, the top picture is a family of monsters, a mommy, daddy, baby and pet. The girls made this lovely family during our art time. Alex is holding his creation. Not sure weather it is a whale, a car or a flower vase. It sort of evolved as he made it. I think he finally decided it was a vase. If you’re around little ones on a regular basis, I highly recommend throwing them a pile of garbage to see what they’ll do with it.

Happy Valentines day

Yes, it's a day early, but who cares.

Alex was invited to a little Valentine party with the children from Capable Kids (the center for children with Autism). So of course we had to make some little Valentines to pass out. I don't know where I saw the idea to use a photo as a valentine, but I"m sure by now every scrapbooker in America has done the same thing. Not so original, I know. But it's cute, so there.

So happy Valentines day, a day early.

Celebration

So this weekend was one of celebration in our house. First and foremost, Jory’s birthday (which is actually today – but who’s counting right?) Jory and I had a dinner date on Friday, then took the kids to a movie on Saturday. We went to see the new Veggie Tale movie – The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. Which was very cute, despite the fact that there were no Biblical references (slightly disappointing).
The other major event of the weekend was Annie (finally) filling up her dry diaper chart. She’s been working on this chart since September, so it was a pretty big deal. So for her reward we all went out for dinner and ice cream sundaes.
In other news, yesterday it was bitterly cold (9 degrees was our high!) with wind gusts up to 40 mph. So after church we came in and hunkered down next to the fireplace. Then attempted to balance productivity with warmth.

On snow days

So last night I went to bed anticipating a winter storm complete with snow and wind and all things wintry. Excited about the possibility of no school tomorrow - just like I was a kid. Excited about staying at home in my jammies, next to a roaring fire in the fireplace. (Wondering why that prospect is so exciting, as I can do it whenever I want.) Wondering if I’m robbing my kids of that anticipation by not allowing for snow days. But then it wouldn’t be the same for them anyway now would it. They’re allowed to stay home in their jammies everyday, school isn’t a monstrous beast that eats up 6 hours of their day. Frankly if I “cancelled” school, I’m not 100% sure that Alex would even notice. It certainly wouldn’t be a celebration, as it was when I was a kid. So in the end, I decide not to celebrate the fact that we aren’t learning today (which we probably will be doing later on anyway) I think we will be out celebrating the fact that snow is fun, and we have an awesome God who gives us fun things (like 6 inches of snow while we’re sleeping)