Snow Day!

Friday was supposed to be half day of school and the start of Christmas break, but we woke up to snow and the message that school was cancelled. Daniel was sad--his class was scheduled to have their Christmas party that day--but quickly recovered when he realized that a day off could be just as fun. Especially when all of the neighbor kids are outside playing in the snow together. It was a nice morning. We bundled up and played outside for a bit, then spent the rest of the morning across the street having cocoa and treats with our neighborhood friends.

 Aaron helps build a giant snowman.

 Matthew gets his snowball ready to throw at Daddy.

 Daniel sweeps the snow with a baseball bat.

 Most of the kids by their snowman.

 Somebody appears to be hitting the snowman with a bat...did I mention that ALL of our neighbors have boys?

 Starting to get cold...

I love snow!

Hiatus

 We've been out of touch for awhile. But, if you check in regularly here you already know that. Things got pretty busy around the holidays, and then we wanted to post about our Christmas but we didn't really get around to taking the pictures we wanted to take. I considered getting the boys all dressed up in their Christmas outfits again and taking their pictures by our nearly-dead tree, but it's rare to have the well-behaved enough to get good pictures when I'm here during the day, and by the time Daddy gets home the only clothes we want to be putting on the boys are pajamas. So, maybe we'll get to some Christmas-y pictures one day, but for now here's just a few shots of the boys.

We haven't had any accumulation of snow here yet, but we have had a couple of days where it snowed for a few hours. The boys all love watching the snow fall from the front window.

 Of course, being on the couch together for more than 30 seconds usually turns into some sort of wrestling match.

 Matthew looks way to happy for having his big brother sitting on him...

 Aaron gets in on the action. He loves to jump on his brothers.

 Daniel takes a costume break. I'm not sure who he's supposed to be.

 Matthew and Saggy claim victory on the couch.

Our sweet Aaron recuperates for next time. :)

Lopsided Snowball Fight

Snow Day!

Though we didn't get nearly as much snow as the areas surrounding Seattle, we had enough to cancel school. The idea of a snow day was lost on Daniel--he was disappointed that his school was closed. We made up for it with lots of fun outside, and hot cocoa afterward.

 It took 30 minutes to get everyone all bundled up, but here are the boys, ready to go outside!

 Snow angel!

 Matthew promptly fell, and just sat there for awhile. Apparently it's hard to move with 5 inches of clothing on.

 I'm not sure what is happening here...

 Oh. Snowball fight.

 Yummy snow!

 Matthew tries to rake up some snow.

 Sled rides in the backyard.

 Our snow creature. (We took 20 pictures of this, trying to get everyone to look, smile, and keep their eyes open. This is the best one we got.)

 I want to believe Daniel was just trying to give the snowman a hug. This looks a bit more sinister, though.

 Matthew finally gets his "snow legs."

 Snow brings pure joy. He is definitely his father's son.

Back inside for some [warm] hot cocoa.

The Big Snow

Everyone in Western Washington had their hands full with the snow this past week. Even at Greenlake (164 feet above sea level) we had almost 8" of snow.

Dad borrows Mom's sewing ruler to take some quick scientific snow measurements.

It snowed all day and all night.

Daniel was pretty excited to see the snow. And no, we don't let him do this...unless it makes for good photography.

The next day. A winter wonderland!

Looking out towards Greenlake.

Looking north.

Dad took the opportunity to build Daniel a snowman...with no arms, a disproportionally shaped head, and one giant torso. But we love him:)

Daniel was impressed.

The snowman provided Daniel with an ideal perch to survey the land. (And yes, Daddy is just off screen to the left).

Daddy also got pretty excited about showing off his snowball throwing arm and "laser accuracy".