Don't You Believe It!

Stephen had to re-shovel all his hard work from yesterday. That's just the way it is when it won't stop snowing. But at least this time it wasn't all 10 inches at once, so the job went much faster. I thought we should get a quick chance to play outside too, so Isaac and I bundled up and followed him out a few minutes later. I had a little experiment I wanted to conduct. In my effort to find fun things to play outside when it's winter (because Isaac loves outside but not so much the snow part) I had an experiment to conduct! I had read in a family magazine that blowing bubbles in the winter was fun because they would freeze as you blew them out on the wand. Great!

Now you see the point in my title right? What a flop! And don't think because it wasn't cold enough! It was far beyond freezing outside. So much so that I rushed Isaac back inside after a few minutes because I thought this ice was melting in his hand and making his hand very uncomfortably wet. It never even began to melt. Next, we're working on the scarf for his face. Not enjoying it too much now, but by the time we went inside today, he wasn't pulling it off anymore.

Wonder

A Sledding We Will Go

We didn't go down a hill or anything. In fact I am very glad we didn't even attempt to do so. You can see in his face he's a little hesitant, but he didn't refuse to sit through a pull around the back yard. The temperatures were unmentionable, but for 10 minutes all bundled up very do-able. He would wince whenever the sled went a little to rock-ily over my footprints. So it was a good thing we didn't try anything to crazy for the little fellow. After that he was content and wanted off. He had to go investigate the shovels Dad was using on the driveway. I want to find a toy shovel for Isaac. I think he'd love it. I used to have some at work for the daycare, but can't seem to find them at any of our stores. I'll keep looking though! Gotta have snow toys!

Trailblazer

Although he is not the one blazing the trail, he does enjoy the path daddy made from our house to the garage. It feels like Little House on the Prairie when they would run a rope from the cabin out to the barn . Isaac was extremely hesitant to go into the snow. After being outside awhile he did try, except always fell over. After that, he just stuck to the trails Daddy had shoveled again.

A Theme

So all these last few posts have a definite theme if you haven't picked up on already: snow! Because... well, frankly, we're surrouned in it. Putting ONE child in his snow gear isn't near as dramatic as a whole classroom. Although, with the temperatures being what they have been it does seem that I keep him outside for a shorter amount of time than what it takes to get him in his gear. Which is just a fact of life I am learning to accept! Better to have a short amount of fun than no fun at all!

Puh-lease!

Mother! Not another picture!

Bumpers

One of my favorite things about the winter has always been snowsuits. Not a fan of the time it takes to put them on... times 25 students in the classroom... time two boots a piece, two mittens to find finger and thumb slots for, buttons on suits and coats.... the number goes into the hundreds. But THIS...

see all that fluffy goodness? All the skin NOT exposed??? I have always relished the fact that as I watched a child fall off the climber... they're okay. I always say to myself: Do you worst! Because really... they're so padded nothing can hurt them. Not even the miscaulcuation of going under the bridge and bopping their head! My job is easier... which it should be because all the energy then has to be redirected into staying warm. While kids enjoying bopping around they can keep themselves warm. But me... I've got to keep up.

2009 in Pictures

It's a large file! I made it for a DVD, so it has so many pictures and music on it. It may take awhile to load or play through. Looking forward to more happy memories together in 2010!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

A Come Back

I've been away from the computer for a long while. First when we were gone on our "Christmas tour," and this last week because Isaac was sick. He wanted major hugs and cuddles while he was recuperating from a cold. However, he has seemed to recover quite nicely, praise the Lord! All week long I was so nervous we were going to have a repeat of last winter! Right now though, we're just left with a runny nose. No ear infection. No asthma symptoms. No incessant coughing. And back to sleeping through the night (for both of us).

Tonight I knew he was closer to "normal" because he was just having a wonderful time in his bath. Three nights ago now Stephen was giving him a bath and the poor little one just sat there and fell asleep while his daddy was rubbing soap on his back! Tonight he was back to splish-splashing all around. I loved his curls tonight. For some reason they were particularly tight laying all across his head. My camera hasn't been taking great pictures at all lately, so the color is washed out a bit. But the bounce is there!

Once in a…

… blue moon, right? Inspiration struck as I was putting the vanilla back in the cupboard. The food coloring just happened to be sitting beside the now vacant spot that had held the baking ingredient. Pancakes. So the thought struck me to add the color. Because you know what tonight is, right? A blue moon! A moon is a "blue moon" if it happens to be the second full moon of the month. You see, normally there is only a full month once every month. To have a second full moon in one month… well, you know the saying. So having round blue objects on our plates for supper just seemed natural! After all, I only get to do once in a….