playing outside

After a long day at church (we were there from 9:00 until almost 1:30) the kids played outside for a couple hours - despite the cold wind! (too cold for me, but they had a blast). Sweet Hubby built them a sled run, which they loved. It is next to the snow igloo which is still standing - but has some holes. They used it to jump off of, sled down, slide down, roll down - you name it!

So...what's the deal with SNOW?

A friend of mine has a blog - and she does a great job with it. Here is a recent one she posted about Snow:

I just have to ask the question… Why do we get all excited about snow in December, as though it has some magical power to make everything right and bring on earth…and then curse it in January (theoretically wiping away all that peace we had in December)?
Ah, yes, welcome to the dog-days of winter! And, welcome to Idaho. It’s funny to hear everyone - my dear husband included - talk about the unbelievable amount of snow this year and then “blame” it on “la nina.” When, at the end of the day, sister, let me tell you… Once upon a time there was a place called IDAHO. And we had snow…and a lot of it IN THE VALLEY EVERY YEAR!

As for me? I love it. I love shoveling it too, because it offers an excuse to do something productive outside, and play!

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Ms. P's NEW inflatable Snowmobile! - (see "the tiny one" post)

Ms. K & I racing down a hill...wheeeeee

Sweet Hubby cannot resist a good, fast sled run

All of us scattered at various places on the hill...

Our good friends

Mom & Ms. K

Mr. G

Today after church we went sledding with some friends. It was great fun! And - Ms. P's inflatable snowmobile arrived in time to take it this weekend. It was funny to find out that another family we saw today had pulled sweet hubby aside to ask him all about it because they wanted to get some for their kids - so he told them the whole story of how we even got ours - tee hee! (see previous post titled "the tiny one" mystery). Ms. P wasn't in great spirits today, she was pretty tired from having friends over all weekend and not a lot of sleep - but she did quite a few runs on it all by herself and seemed to be able to keep her balance just fine. Mr. G & Ms. K continue to go higher and higher up the hillside each week, but so far there have only been minor crashes. Sometimes it's hard to tell how many "crashes" were on purpose?! They seem to think it's fun (Ms. K, especially) to go flipping over backwards off the sled...so who knows! We never see any other kids wearing helmets...but it makes me wonder if they should have them for sledding? Overall a great day and although we were busy managing kids and didn't get to chat much, I'm so happy our friends joined us this week - thank you!! :)

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We watched some friend's kids Friday afternoon through late Saturday afternoon. They were all very well behaved and there were no tears the entire 24 hour period - I was so glad and proud of them all for how great they all were together. Even though the rest of our yard is muddy and mushy, they did all get to play in our snow igloo on Saturday morning- which sweet hubby has put so much time into - there were a couple nights last week where he was out there in the dark with all the patio lights on, even. We're so thrilled it hasn't melted yet!