Over a Week of Snow!

The unheard of has happened! We have had snow for over a week now and it has not started to melt yet! Not only that, but we have had snow fall on just about every day this past week! I think we probably have 18 inches on the ground this morning. It is rather hard to tell just how much snow there really is because we had some high winds yesterday and the night before. The wind blew the snow around a packed down really hard. We are all enjoying this unusual weather. We have gone for a few walks and done lots of sledding. It is too deep today to go for a walk. Laura's little legs were really struggling yesterday and there is at least 8 more inches this morning than there were yesterday when we went for our walk! It has been really nice. Patrick has been home since last Wednesday. The pool closed on Wednesday, he had Thursday and Friday off for his weekend, the pool was closed Saturday and Sunday for painting and there is too much snow so the pool is closed again today. The kids have loved having Daddy around so much and I sure have enjoyed having another grown up in the house. I even managed to get a nap yesterday!

SNOW!!!

Hurray! We got snow and it is supposed to last until next week! There is a chance that we will get more on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday ans next Sunday! I hope the weather man is right for a change! I love the snow! The kids do too and after church yesterday spent several hours playing outside in the snow!




The only way I can get everyone looking at the camera at the same time is to have them stick out their tongues at me! Ahh! There has to be another way! Maybe they are really trying to catch snowflakes on their tongues!




Connor starts pulling
Laura
They are going straight now

Oh! Crashed into the bush!

Today!

This morning we went to Lowe's, the hardware store, for their free children's building project. Sophie got her own apron and goggles. She was very excited. Connor and Laura have had theirs for several months and she has always loved the goggles. Now she has her very own pair! The project for today was a wooden "gingerbread" house. It had a hinged lid so it opens. The kids love them and Connor and Laura have been using them all afternoon as houses for their playmobil people.

It has been trying to snow all afternoon and this evening it is FINALLY starting to accumulate. The kids were out playing in it before they left for the hockey game. It is really wet but lots of fun. They are probably soaking wet but I stayed home from the game to wrap presents so I guess I'll just listen to Handel's Messiah and not worry about them being all wet!








Okay, so accumulate might not be the right word but it is sticking to the grass and I can hope to wake up the a foot of snow in the morning. Can't I?

O Christmas Tree!

We got our Christmas tree today. I think it is the earliest we have ever got a tree but it is just how it worked out this year. We wanted to go to a tree farm and cut the tree ourselves. The weather was nice this morning and with snow and freezing temperatures in the forecast, we decided today was the day. Patrick and Connor looked up local tree farms on the internet and picked one they thought sounded good and we headed out. When we got there, we discovered that neither Patrick nor myself had any cash and neither of us had thought to bring the check book. The farm didn't take plastic because they have no electricity at their shed. Thankfully the people who run the place were very nice and said they would let us get a tree and mail them a check!!! We could hardly believe it!!! We looked around. They had a ton of selection and finally settled on a Norway Spruce. I picked it out (surprise surprise! I am soo picky about Christmas trees). It is a beautiful tree but VERY prickly! When I got home from work this evening, We set it up and the kids and I decorated it. It doesn't want to stay up very straight though (We even tried 2 different stands!)so it is tied to the wall with twine! Hopefully it will hold. Patrick is a little leery!

Happy December!