Snowy days

Our family has been enjoying the last couple of snow days. We had a literal snow day on Friday, even though there was no snow when we woke up. There wasn't any snow at 8am when we would have normally been getting to work. There wasn't any snow at 9am or 10am either. But...by 11am, we couldn't see the sidewalks anymore! Thank you Maria (our thoughtful Executive Director!) for caring about your staff's lives enough to decide to err on the side of safety and cancel work on faith that it really would snow, and it would be bad.

We stayed inside and played! Then we went outside and played (sort of, what do you expect a one year old to do when the snow comes up to her knees and she is stuffed into a snow suit that makes her looked like a cute blue sausage?) while Daddy shoveled. And then....hot cocoa! G's first time!

Later in the afternoon G got a lovely box to play in (crazy UPS drivers! But thanks for making sure our Christmas presents arrived.) Boxes are great, because they can be so many things with a little imagination. Now, granted, at one, you need a little help imagining. But G's box became a fun tunnel, a fire truck, and a drum (not that she needs another drum.)

Today, more playing inside. The box became a drawbridge into her fort under the dining room table! And I finally started the cute birdhouses that I am making for my mom for Christmas. The decoupage one took me about 5 hours today. We took a trip to 5 Guys (Yipee!) around dinner time, and then, back to work! But I got it done. 2 more to go. Those are not going to be as time consuming, I hope.

Here's a few pics, because I can't resist. What did you do during the snow?


What the heck are we doing out here?


This is G "playing" in the snow. John is having fun. Max had a lot of fun, too. For real. He was running around like he was crazy. Wait a minute...

There's the smile I have been waiting for.


Ok, I smiled. I'm done. I'm going inside. You can come...or not. I don't really care. I'm cold.

The pay-off. Hot cocoa!! (why do all my pictures look fuzzy? She is constantly moving!)



You don't want to know how many pictures I took just to get this one...she's not so much a fan of the hat. She puts it on and then takes it immediately off. She's quick! But I did NOT pose her in the box. She loves that thing. She yelled if I took her out.

Leaving the fort.

Decoupage in progress.

Done. I have to paint/craft those other two before Christmas!

On a side note, last weekend we went to Breakfast with Santa at the Binghamton Club. It is an annual event, and G's second time sitting on Santa's lap. Although, admittedly, she slept thought it all last year, being only 2 weeks old and all. This year...not such a big fan on Santa. However, she did better than I expected. You may recall my post the other day about one year old meltdowns. Yeah, I was kinda anticipating a scene...no scene, so I was cool with that. Here is the happy family, etc.

I swear I'm not pregnant. That dress is actually flattering in real life.

Not looking too sure...

Trying to get a group shot of the pretty matching dresses...not happening.