1st snowball fight of the season
Shecklets 1 and 2 headed out to the front yard shortly after getting home from school. Shecklet #4 followed soon after.
Tag: snow
Just a few flurries…
But enough to go sledding for a little while, thanks to Dad dumping snow from the front to their sledding track.
Happy birthday to me
Another birthday, another year older. But I’m not counting. Just trying to enjoy the day, giving thanks for good health, family and friends to share experiences with, and looking forward to what’s in store for the coming year.
My MIL came up to spend some time with us and we had a chance to be outside enjoying the heavy, wet snow.
Jake donned his party shirt for dinner and cake tonight. Love how his guy loves loves me ❤️
1st snow of 2016
Heavy, wet snow fell yesterday afternoon and evening. Shecklets 1 & 2 helped me shovel the driveway and then played outside, built mini snowmen and wrote letters in the backyard snow. Then, this afternoon, Jake and the boys added white lights to the green and red lights on the pine tree in the backyard.
Snow…finally!
This morning we were able to see the grass in parts of our yard. This afternoon, we finally have snow covering it again. After school, the kids set foot inside the house just long enough to put on their snow gear and headed outside. Their friends joined them too, when they got off the bus from school. The temps are perfect today. I am sure they will play until dark!
Snow turtle
Three brothers in a suburb near our old house built an enormous snow turtle in their front yard. (Apparently they have made several snow sculptures in the past – wish we had known when we lived in the area!) I had the older Shecklets with me while I picked up Shecklet #3 from preschool today, so I decided to make a slight detour on our way home to see the turtle in person. The kids were pretty impressed!
Tubing
While I went for a much needed haircut (I chopped off 7 1/2 inches!) apparently the kids were busy at home wrapping presents and making gift tags with Aunt Larissa.
After wrapping, the boys got their snow gear together and Larissa took them to meet up with Aunt Kari to do some snow tubing. They said they had a blast! (Not surprisingly, Shecklet #1 selected a red tube and Shecklet #2 selected a green tube.)
Sun and snow
The temps are finally warm enough to (safely) send the kids out to play in the snow. It’s amazing how warm 20℉ feels after weeks of negative windchills. The sun definitely helps, too.
Snow play
Today we helped our friend, I, celebrate his 5th birthday by sledding down the gigantic hill in his backyard. (Seriously, the hill is epic, complete with a jump midway down.) The temps were fantastic and the kids all had a great time! Nolan took a few trips down the hill with me and attempted one solo run – he tumbled out of the sled and did a log roll at the end. I think that caused him to reconsider a second attempt alone, but I’m proud of him for giving it at least one try 🙂 Lincoln wanted to play on the swingset, which has a great enclosed fort. He was happy just clomping around in his boots and running from one wall to the other. One of the moms who caught a glimpse of his “clogging” said he did a great rendition of the Riverdance. Poor kid really can’t play in the snow very well because his boots fall off when they get stuck in the deep stuff. I suppose it would help if his snow pants had elastic that kept the boots on and the boots themselves weren’t 2 sizes too big. Oh well, in spite of those two challenges, he always still manages to have fun!
Still got it
My sister-in-law, Stacie, called Friday afternoon to see if I would join her in flying down the slopes at one of the local ski/snowboard places while she was home over the weekend. I selected that evening as my preferred day. So once Jake arrived home from work, we loaded up the munchkins, my board, boots & cold weather attire and headed for Jake’s parents’ house. The boys played with Grandma and Jake & his dad worked on the prep for DSL installation while Stacie and I spent a few hours in the cold. The weather was actually perfect for snowboarding, as was the snow. I was actually surprised there was still snow left on the slopes of the runs because of the large population of middle schoolers that had taken over the place. Thankfully, we arrived late so the swarms of teenagers were eventually called to their buses and we had about an hour at the end of the evening where we didn’t need to constantly be looking out for other riders & skiiers. Once again, I’m happy to say I didn’t hurt myself, nor did I forget how to ride my board. I was reminded however, that I would like to find myself new snowboard boots. If only I would remember that at the start of the season.