snow day

We finally got another decent snowfall this winter and the kids were SOOOO excited, especially since it was still snowing when they woke up!  They quickly got bundled up in their snow gear and headed outside to play.

Poor Ellie, her daddy thinks it's funny to dump snow on her head!  She got back at him by throwing a snowball at Nicholas, LOLOL!!

- sweet girl -

Ellie loves sledding down our street as long as someone pulls her up the hill and then makes sure that she doesn't fall off.

I love Lexie's bright pink pants-- they make her so easy to see in the snow!

When one kid gets tired of pulling her around, she just switches siblings-- it's a good thing she has so many!

Sweet snow angels!

Ellie figured out that she could sled down the hill from our front porch and wanted to do it over and over and over.

- sledding down the hill -

Lexie decided to roll down the hill instead of using a sled so Ellie switched to copy her big sis.  Both thought it was totally hilarious!

- rolling down the hill -

After warming up by the fire, the girls took a bath and then enjoyed the new Yoplait Girl Scout Cookie yogurts for a snack.

Ellie's sledding video clip aired on NBC Nightly News!!

The next morning the kids got bundled up and played in the snow for a few hours before it started to melt.  Snow days are always a favorite in our house, especially because we only have one or two a year!

road trip day thirty five: snow day

My high school best friend, Payal, and her family came over for dinner on our last weekend in Arizona.  The kids were so excited to meet and play with her two year old daughter, Diya, and had fun showing her all over Grandma and Grandpa's house.

After dinner, we headed outside to have a snowball fight (in the desert!) with Bahama Buck's snowballs.

The kids had fun throwing the snowballs at each other with only minimal crying when they (really, just Ellie) got hit in the head.

Snowballs are fun to throw and fun to eat!

The big kids decided that Grandpa needed snow down his shirt-- he was oh, so pleased!

Snowball fun!

Two sweet girls.  I'm sure that Ellie and Diya would be best friends if we lived a bit closer!

After the snowball fight, the girls had a blast playing with the Little People from when Janne and I were kids.  I'm so glad that my parents kept our toys for all these years-- it was fun to watch my kids play with our old toys!

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march randomness

Jacob took the boys camping for the weekend and the car was packed to the brim!

While the boys were gone, the girls went out to dinner and watched movies!

We had a fun lunch with Auntie Janne when she came into town.  Spring is the time of fun school things like crazy hair day and Learn, Create, and Share night!

We had a late season (at least for us in North Carolina) snow and woke up to a couple of inches on the ground.

It was a snowy drive to church and by the time we left, it had all melted (which I totally forgot to take a picture of)!

St Patrick's Day fun-- green ice cream at Chick-Fil-A and green tea at Target.

Randomness: Ellie loves all of the displays at Target... and she also loves napping in the car!  Fun dinner at Duckworth's and spring flowers.

Always the journalist, Christopher took pictures for the school news and yearbook while waiting for his tennis matches.

Christopher decided to try out for the tennis team this year and had so much fun learning the game and growing as a player.

snow!!

The kids were SOOOOO excited that we had snow in the forecast (although a little bummed since it was a Friday night storm and probably wouldn't give them any snow days).  They kept a close watch on the weather all week and were squealing with joy when the snow started falling!

It's snowing!!

Ellie wanted to go outside and check it out.

She was just a little excited!!

When we woke up in the morning, the ground was covered.

The kids got bundled up in their snow gear and headed out to play.

Fun in the snow.

Making snow angels.

Snowball fight!

Playing in the snow.

Such a sweetheart!

Trying to sled down the street-- there wasn't quite enough snow, nor was it icy enough to sled well, but they kept on trying!

Our house covered in snow.

Sweet kiddos.

Ellie "sledding"

He's such a good big brother and let Ellie try and bury him in the snow.

Lexie sledding

Snowball fight!!!

Sweet Ben!

Ellie REALLY wanted to ride her trike in the snow and got frustrated when she couldn't get it to go.

One of the perks of having a teenager!  After he did our driveway, he went around the neighborhood shoveling driveways with a friend.

Lexie and her baby snowman.

Fun in the backyard!

Still snowing!

We wrapped up our chilly snow day playing boardgames and everyone was ready for an early bedtime-- playing in the snow for a few hours (or shoveling driveways for six!) really wears you out!!