Friday, January 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Snow Day
We got a phone call on Tues morning inviting us over to Amy's house for a visit. Of course, this is something my kids would never let me pass up, so they put their books away in record time and were waiting at the door before I could even hang up the phone. It was a great day for playing in the snow and all the kids went out except for the babies.
Amy ran across a great idea and I got to try it out this day. One of the kids stepped outside and filled a a bowl up with snow and put it on the table. This is such a great idea for kids who are a little too young to play for a long time outside or for when it's just too cold (like it will be today and tomorrow!) I can see this idea really taking off, using cups to make snow castles and raisins for tiny snowman's eyes.
But these girls didn't care to much about creating, they were content with giggling at the snow in front of them for 10 minutes, then eating it, and sharing it, then giggling about sharing it.
Then comes every body's favorite part of the day... lunch
Amy ran across a great idea and I got to try it out this day. One of the kids stepped outside and filled a a bowl up with snow and put it on the table. This is such a great idea for kids who are a little too young to play for a long time outside or for when it's just too cold (like it will be today and tomorrow!) I can see this idea really taking off, using cups to make snow castles and raisins for tiny snowman's eyes.
But these girls didn't care to much about creating, they were content with giggling at the snow in front of them for 10 minutes, then eating it, and sharing it, then giggling about sharing it.
Then comes every body's favorite part of the day... lunch
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Have you had enough yet?
...of this snow?
If I didn't love photography so much, I'm sure I would hate winter. But every time we've had a snow storm (and we've had our share already) you can't help but be blown away by the beauty of it all. And being able to capture it on film (film?) is just too much fun. This is one of the little birdies that hangs out by the pond at my mom's house. Cute little guy.
If I didn't love photography so much, I'm sure I would hate winter. But every time we've had a snow storm (and we've had our share already) you can't help but be blown away by the beauty of it all. And being able to capture it on film (film?) is just too much fun. This is one of the little birdies that hangs out by the pond at my mom's house. Cute little guy.
Monday, January 5, 2009
The tree came down today :(
So I was headed out to the garage to get the totes and Grace, of course, was following me all around the house. When we got to the door, she handed me her boots. "Where are YOU going?" I asked her. She grunted and pointed to the door. She doesn't say much, but she sure knows how to get her point across. So I did take her with me. And she thinks she was quite the help. After we were done bringing in the totes, we moseyed around the yard, eating snow and pointing at EVERYTHING.
She just loves to be outside... for about three minutes. So it didn't take long before she was grunting and pointing at the door to go back in. I said "you want to go inside already?"
And she gave me this look. It means "I'm cold" and comes with a lovely "ca, ca" sound (kind of sounds like she has a hairball.)
So I was headed out to the garage to get the totes and Grace, of course, was following me all around the house. When we got to the door, she handed me her boots. "Where are YOU going?" I asked her. She grunted and pointed to the door. She doesn't say much, but she sure knows how to get her point across. So I did take her with me. And she thinks she was quite the help. After we were done bringing in the totes, we moseyed around the yard, eating snow and pointing at EVERYTHING.
She just loves to be outside... for about three minutes. So it didn't take long before she was grunting and pointing at the door to go back in. I said "you want to go inside already?"
And she gave me this look. It means "I'm cold" and comes with a lovely "ca, ca" sound (kind of sounds like she has a hairball.)
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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