Snowy Day

Well it has officially begun...the snow season. Today was our first real snow fall with about 4-6 inches on the ground. Eric and Alex were out of the house by 7am and in the snow and helping daddy shovel. (Of course we do have a snow blower but Todd did not check it out yesterday and could not get it started this morning) Elizabeth and Tyler were soon to follow out side. Todd took Teea out at 6:30 and we were a little nervous that she would not like the cold weather. Well that was not the case. We actually have a hard time getting her in the house. She loves the snow and runs all around the house and in and out of snowbanks. You have to watch her though because she is white and will blend in. After a breakfast and hot chocolate break Eric, Alex, Elizabeth, and our neighbor Ian were back outside. This time I joined them and we made snowman. It is perfect weather for a snowman and snowball fights. Our neighbor Ian rolled this giant snowball and we were going to make another snowman but he decided that it looked like a marshmallow. So we decided to put a long enough stick on the snowman to reach the marshmallow and put a red fire under it so that it looks like the snowman is roasting the marshmallow. After the pictures the children attacked Cammie and I with snowballs. We had a snowball fight all around the yard and we adults came out victoriously with causing the kids to retreat to the woods. This is what snow days are all about!!


This weekend we had our Russell Family Christmas party. It was a great night and the children had a lot of fun with Santa making a surprise appearance with a gift for all the children. I guess the holidays are approaching quickly. I still do not feel ready!!