Snow Days:)

This weekend it snowed.

A lot!

On Friday, it even snowed enough for the School Division to cancel school!    (Sure, the kids were already home anyways because it was a PD day,  but it was an added bonus to get to have John home to:!!!)   

We spent much of the weekend lazing around, ...shoveling snow, ...catching up on some reading, ....shoveling snow, ....doing crafts, ...and... shoveling snow.     It's been pretty great.
(except for the part about shoveling snow:)

Due to the fact that it looks and feels like we live at the North Pole, the kids felt inspired to set up our Christmas Tree.  They begged and pleaded for the better part of a morning, and I finally caved and agreed to let them set up one of the trees.     Of course, it was the usual over - the - top cheesy kind of moment as the kids sang and danced and laughed while they worked.    Nate was adorable as he clearly doesn't remember much about last year, the whole "Christmas Tree" thing was new to him again:)    Jess and Sam actually got along and worked together (which happens only once a year;) and Abby hovered over it all, telling the others exactly what to do, only this time, in a nice kind of way;)    

It was really quite entertaining to watch.

It made me laugh as I was photographing the tree after they'd all finished decorating it.   My eyes instantly went to the strangest ornament ever, and I immediately burst out laughing.  

Do you see it?     

Jessica had removed the socks OFF of her feet, stuck hooks through them, and lovingly hung them on the tree, right next to her home made snowflake and popsicle stick reindeer!   

She was soo pleased with herself!!!

 

Sam, on the other hand, could not get over the fact that Jess had done that, and absolutely refused to come near the tree until Jessica removed her socks.    He was dead certain that those socks were going to ruin the tree by giving it "the smell of Jessica's Stinky Feet!"

Of course, Jessica had to fire back in defense, with an equally funny insult.

And just like that - the good feeling was gone;)

We had fun yesterday playing outside for a bit.    Sam wasn't particularly happy until he discovered he could kick a huge cloud of snow at me.   (funny how kids get a kick out of torturing their parents:)   We learned (a little too late) that Sam had forgotten his snow boots at school, and decided that his running shoes would be sufficient for some play in the snow.

I almost started to cry when we got home sledding and he asked me to take his SHOES off!
They were absolutely frozen SOLID!    He said it felt like he was walking home on rocks the whole time!  (gee  I wonder why?)
Seriously, we could have taken his shoes and played some curling with them, and I expect he'll have full blown pneumonia by tomorrow as a result:)    

Nate surprised us by LOVING the GT racer.    He wouldn't even let us ride with him, but insisted on going down the hill alone every time.    He also insisted on being pulled UP the hill every time too, which John must have loved:)

Well, that's about it for this week.    The snow has helped to slow us down a bit, and it gives us a good excuse to just hide out in our cozy home and be together.   

We're sure looking forward to a Holiday Monday!!!!