Brrrr

It has been SOOO COLD this year.  We have had snow on the ground since before Christmas and it has stayed put!  Luckily, The Frog is FINALLY old enough to spend at least as much time playing in the snow as I spend helping him put all his gear on and take it off when he's through, so the days of fresh snow are great, for him.  (Peach, on the other hand... doesn't last as long...)

Peach got a sled for Christmas and they've been sledding at a nearby park several times.  Though they have lots of fun while they're there, The Frog is always crying by the time he gets home because his thumb is cold (he sucks his thumb even through his mitten despite our reiterations of the consequences... le sigh).

It usually gets just above freezing during the day for a bit, and then goes right back down.  As a result, we had some amazing icicles going on this year!

One day, Jay and the kids decided to "harvest" the icicles.

And do what with them?  Turn them into guns of course! (boys...)

Peach was content to suck on them.

I attempted to go sledding with them once, so I could get a picture of them doing it, which means Hazel was going to have to brave the snow as well.

Wearing a bunny bunting sent all the way from Japan!  Thanks Iris!! :)

The Frog is already sucking on his mittened thumb.

Turns out it was too cold for Hazel (and me too) so after snapping one run down the hill, we headed back to the car so she could take her nap.  Thank goodness for my phone, I was able to stay happily occupied :)

Somehow, the kids don't mind getting sprayed in the face too much.

First Snow!

Can you believe the warm-weather leaf jumping was just two days before this?

The Frog made this huge snowball completely by himself while I was inside nursing Hazel.

He loves throwing snowballs but it's completely nerve-racking  because they never fly predictably.  Guess this might be a good time to teach him how to throw properly.

Peach finally woke up but didn't know what to think.  It's hard for her to walk and she prefers holding your hand.  (which is great because she will never usually hold my hand)

The Frog's giant snowball was begging to be turned into  a snowman, and he thought there needed to be one for each kid.

It continued to snow all night long...

poor broccoli...

Once Peach discovered how tasty snow is, that's pretty much all she does outside now.  I caught her eating snow from a car bumper in the church parking lot yesterday.  Bleh!

Once the driveway was shoveled, Jay took the kids for "sleigh rides".

Notice Peach is still eating snow...

We really should get a sled... poor Jay- running in deep snow with all the gear is exhausting!

The Frog thought it didn't look too hard.  Peach- still eating snow...

First Snow!

The Frog is actually old enough to enjoy play dough now!  I'm going to do a play dough recipe review, soon.  Cooked vs. uncooked.

We got our first snow storm!!  It was basically melted the next day, but The Frog was really excited to get out there.

Peach didn't know what to think of it.  She was so bundled, she could hardly move.

Isn't she sooooo stinkin' cute?

She finally looks all chubby- like babies are supposed to look! :)

Old pics

I just realized I put these photos on my desktop a long time ago, waiting to put them up here. They're pretty old- from before Christmas! It was snowing and we had excellent snowman making snow, so I had to teach The Frog how it's done :)