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We had the first snow fall of the winter yesterday and it has brought a new joy to our lives! Lily and Wyatt are enjoying playing in it and I am enjoying the fact that they are old enough to go out and play in it by themselves! :) Enjoy the pictures and the video!

Winter Fun at "Daddy's Place"

The kids have been asking to go to "Daddy's Place." So yesterday I bundled them up in their winter gear and we headed to the cemetery. They loved walking around in the snow (the cold doesn't seem to bother them nearly as much as it does Mommy). Wyatt was making snowmen (putting hand prints in the snow) for Daddy every couple of feet. It was very sweet. I told them that once we have some packing snow we can go back and make Daddy a real snowman.

A Day of New Activities

We tried out a couple new activities this morning that I thought I would share with you.

Our first activity was sledding. We have several inches of snow here and the temperature is in the 30's so we thought today would be a good day to venture outside. We went over to my sister, April's, to use the hill next to her house. Wyatt and Lily were crazy people, very impatient, as Mommy and Daddy got some things done around the house so we could go. As soon as we got to Aunt April's, Wyatt was off to Charlie's room to play and wanted nothing to do with getting bundled up and going outside. Everyone else (except Daddy and Uncle Steve) was going outside so he did agree to go too. We got outside and Wyatt wanted nothing to do with sledding. He watched Lily and I go down the hill once and started crying when April tried to give him to me for a ride. (He went back inside to find Daddy and Uncle Steve. :)) Lily seemed indifferent to the sledding, we went down twice just the 2 of us and once with Charlie too. Then we did take a round tube down and for that she giggled but then immediately wanted to go inside. We have no pictures of the sledding because Daddy was inside staying warm and Mommy was too busy riding in the sled too.

Our second activity of the day was painting with watercolor paint. I am trying to expand the activities that Lily and Wyatt can do so I bought some watercolors the other day. As you will see in the video and slideshow (to the right of the post) this was a big hit. Thank goodness watercolor paints are washable! :)

Here is a video of the kids playing before lunch. Lily wanted to wear her hat around the house for fun.

Snow and a Garage Door (Glasses too)

It has been several days since I have been able to park in the garage. The spring on the garage door broke back on January 11 and it was finally fixed today (1/23). I am so excited...now I only have to dig out one car instead of two.

By the way, I hate snow and cold. We have received a lot of snow since last week Friday (above is a picture of the deck that shows all we have gotten). We are supposed to get another 6-12" by lunch time tomorrow...ughhh.

On a funny note, Wyatt has taken a serious liking to Mr. Potato Head's glasses. He will walk around for HOURS with them on his face. They don't fit and in fact they squeeze his little cheeks, but don't think about taking them away. He cries when I take them away on our way up to his room for nap time. The most simple things bring kids pleasure.

One last thing, please be in prayer for Ryan and I as we try and make some decisions for our family. We are looking into where we will go from here...should we buy a house or a condo? should we keep renting? Our lease is not up until August, but we are just looking at our options.

New Year...New Experiences Video

New Year...New Experiences

Happy New Year! We started out the new year with a new experience for the kids. We took them outside to play in the snow for the first time. They were so cute all bundled up -- I found some snow pants for Lily, but could not find any for Wyatt. They were excited and they both loved it. Wyatt seemed more excited outside, but Lily cried when we had to come in. Enjoy the pictures!

Winter Wonderland