Day 2 Snow and Igloo

Jillian, Bridget , and Tor stayed overnight and didn't sleep in as late as I thought they would, as they were excited to head outside in the deeper snow today. Jillian measured right away and it was at least a foot deep.

It was snowing pretty hard, so on their first trip out in the morning they decided to get big umbrellas to keep from so much snow getting on them. Maybe a good idea but it didn't last long as it was hard to go sledding holding the umbrellas.

The first sled trip was over the hill and they had to hike up through the woods which had a lot of low hanging branches blocking the trail.

Getting clever with the umbrellas, they made an igloo to get inside to rest. Very cool idea.

Tor was creative in finding a place to slide near the umbrellas. He went down the house front steps. I think just once!

I took them out cups and spoons and Gatorade so they could make "slushies" to eat in their tent or anywhere outside. Then Papa decided to plow the driveway so they had to move their tent to a different location and it never got used again. Lots of fun snow time again!

 

Day 1 Sledding

Here is Daddy having just as much fun as Tor, sledding together down the long hill. It packed pretty good so everyone got lots of runs in. Then Daddy got the jump for an added attraction. It was fun having Adam come to sled with them. While sledding on this hill everyone heard a lot of cracking and watched a big limb come crashing down off a huge cedar tree. Nobody played under the trees after that.

After this hill and a rest inside to warm up, they went to a different area with a steeper hill. This is Tor enjoying his fast ride.

I'm not sure Bridget was enjoying this fast hill.

Later they decided to work on a snowman but Tor was worn out again so he made a pillow from the snow and laid down to rest.

The snow didn't pack very well but Bridget persevered to make a small one.

A fun day for all and they were excited to get this much snow. There was almost 7 inches so far. Later that night for dessert they tried making snow ice cream. I guess it was okay but everyone opted for their regular ice cream instead.

 

Oatmeal the Snowman

Bridget worked hard at building a snowman for the front yard. She named it "Oatmeal", as suggested by a kid in the Frosty the Snowman movie.

Snow, Finally!

The kids woke up to a blanket of snow this morning. They were out the door by 9:30 am, playing in the back and front yards with the neighbor girls Hazel and Ila.

Tor's 2nd Grade School Photo

Tor missed his first opportunity to get his school picture taken (due to being sick), so he had to get retakes. He seems to be looking older.

Super Bowl and Birthday

Jillian, Bridget, and Tor stayed overnight Friday, and Saturday was a rainy day. They spent their time letting Aunt Julie's dogs out to play since Aunt Julie and Uncle Kevin were away, and playing games indoors. One fun one was Valentine Bingo with money prizes and Tor was the big winner with a big celebration after each victory. Bridget didn't win any games on the first round but made up for it the next round, which cured her crankiness over never getting a Bingo.

Next came a lot of play with Squinkies, surprisingly. Of course, first I said I was going to put the Squinkies in the garage sale. They were adamant that I can't do that!

Sunday, Super Bowl! Tor wore his Mahomes shirt for the game and was so excited when the Chiefs scored first. Then when they were behind at halftime he took it hard.

But during halftime we had a belated birthday cake for Aunt Julie's birthday that was fun.  Bridget made the goal post decoration for the table in honor of the Super Bowl birthday. Then it was back to the game which by then was boring. But a fun day all around!

 

Party for Mommy

[Late Post] Heather got a second birthday celebration, this time up in Castle Rock.

The kids now expect that there will be fun games to play and compete in. The girls continued to dominate the boys, this time in Pictionary. Tor did the bulk of the drawing.

Jillian made it all the way to the finals in the candy heart stacking game.