Snow Day: Once More, With Feeling
Sonofa… Here we are, stuck at home, not even a week removed from the last batch of snow days. This time, at least, there is an appreciable amount of snow to play in. It’s really dry snow, though, so it’s fairly unsatisfying for the kids, who want to make snowballs and things. About the best we could do was let Brian make snow angels, and Brandon helped Kendall make a snow dinosaur. You can tell how beat down we are by the end of the day–Brandon didn’t even...
Read MoreMonday Morning with Spike
Here’s Kendall on a Monday morning, with her cute little Spike the Dragon (one of the sidekick characters from My Little...
Read MoreiPod Fun, Sunday Dinner
I managed to chase down an iPod classic and dock like my dad had on eBay, and loaded it up with lots of fun stuff so we can enjoy music in our family room. The kids think this is great! The way they skip tracks so quickly, though, I’m questioning the wisdom of putting this in reach of them.. 😉 But, maybe it’ll provide lots of teachable moments about sharing and patience? Tonight we had Sue’s famous chocolate chip cake for dessert at our family dinner, and she shared with...
Read MoreSort-of Snow Day Friday
Gahh!! Snow day again today. There’s no snow outside our window, or in much of the area, but I suppose they are using an abundance of caution in case any slippery roads remain. The boys braved the “treacherous” conditions (ha! ha!) this evening to go to the hockey game. I’m sure they were glad to get out for awhile! It was sort of a long week. We’re pretty much over these useless snow days, without even any fun snow to play in....
Read MoreAnother Snow Day
Well, we had another snow day! Mostly due to icy roads, not any halfway decent snow. A hashtag has been started on Twitter about our multiple snow days in a row, #pancakeday. The kids built and built today, with Duplos, Magnatiles, anything and everything. The Magnatiles sure make some colorful designs in the afternoon sunlight. Kendall has decided she loves the Rubik’s cube, and insisted on cuddling with it at bedtime. So cute! It doesn’t look very snuggly to me, but she...
Read MoreDuplos on a Snow Day
Snow day again today! Our stir-crazy kids spent much of the day playing Duplos together. Brian gave Kendall a new set of Duplos he picked out for her last time we were at the Lego store (really, this has to be the last set of Duplos we get!!) Kendall loves the Duplo babies so much, that when he saw there was a third style of baby, with a bottle even, he said we just had to get it. I was glad we had it today, it gave them something new to play with. 🙂 Brian made us his own version of...
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