Snow Day #3: Cold, Wet, Fun!

Well, it's Wednesday, January 12, 2011. We have had snow for the past three days, pretty heavy snow, actually. Our streets have been iced over, the snow has continued off and on, and we haven't left the house since Sunday.

Did you hear me? Since SUNDAY!

(I apologize....I think I am suffering from cabin fever).

Just teasing. Although I am greatly anticipating getting out of the house, we really have been having a great time during the past three days. Thankfully, our next door neighbors have been stuck at home as well, so we have had some social interaction and some fantastic playmates. Jonathan and Matt were home with us on Monday, so we basically spent the entire day with Matt, Anne, and Dillon, including eating lunch, dinner, and dessert. Yesterday evening, we got together over at their house for some playtime and cheesecake, and this morning, Anne and I bundled ourselves and all the kids up for some snowman building and a nature walk. We had a blast! Thankfully, while we were out today, the sun was out which made it bearable in the 20-something degree weather. The kids love playing in the snow, even Liam, although he wants to be held a good bit. Here are some pictures of what we've been up to:

This is from today.  Anne watched the kids at the top of the hill behind our backyard fence while I ran down to grab my camera.  When I got back, they were resting:

Attacking Ms Anne!

Climbing up the steep hill between our two fences to get to the top.

This is the view from the top of the hill behind our fenceline.

There was a bench back there (RANDOM), but I got some adorable pics of the kids.  This cracks me up.  Dillon's face is priceless.

There wasn't a single one where all three were looking.  Oh well!  

Nora and Dillon were done! Ready to explore and get as far away from my camera as possible.

Liam on the other hand.....

.....doesn't yet know to run from Mommy and her big camera.

He's a keeper.

My little eskimo.

Always the priss.

Anne held Liam for a while to give my back a break.  Isn't it convenient how I rarely end up in these pictures!?!?  It's Snow Day #3.....I looked horrible, so truly, thank me for sparing you. 

Finally, our two snow people.  We're so proud.

Pictures of Snow Day #1

I'm just going to post some pics here of our first big snow day of 2011.  I'll have a second post with some more about what we've been doing stuck at home over the past three days.

Here he's saying, "Momma!"  He was so happy to see me come outside, my sweet boy!

Nora learned about snow angels from some movie or tv show, and ever since she's been dying to try it out.  So, Jonathan showed her how.

When he showed her, she was not impressed.  Oh well, maybe she'll get it and be able to "see" it when she's bigger.  She couldn't figure out how it was an angel. 

Me and my boy!

This is ONE way to make a snow angel!

Okay, there are the ones from Snow Day #1.  Stay tuned for more pics.

Snow Day Craziness

This is my husband.

This is my husband on a snow day here in January 2011.

This is my husband who is just a few days away from 31 years old.

This is is my husband who is like a five year old on a field trip to the zoo. 

He is having a blast.  He's outside with our next door neighbor, Matt (also in his thirties). 

I'm not sure when he'll be back in the house.  May be dark before he comes in. 

Please, pray for his safety! ;)

Snow Days

Well, for those of you not in Knoxville, we have had some major snow the past few days.  Yesterday was an official Snow Day with canceled schools and all that, so we decided to have some fun in the front yard with our neighbor Dillon and Ms. Anne.  We ate lunch and then bundled up extensively before heading out into the cold weather. 

Liam's first full exposure to snow.  He was too little last winter.

Shortly after we came outside, some other neighbors down the street offered to take the kids sledding in their front yard on their sled.  By sledding, we mean they were pulled around on a flat surface, but you know....sledding is sledding.  It so counts!

First up, Liam and Dillon.  Nora was a bit hesitant.

Then, Buddy Man decided to sit it out for a while.  So, Nora finally got the nerve to try.

After the sledding, we headed back to our yard to build ourselves a snow man.  Actually, Dillon, Nora, and Ms. Anne made the snowman while I kept track of Liam and managed to take some pics of everyone.

He wasn't very big, but he was all we could do.

A small view of our house covered in snow.

Before I knew it, Ms. Anne instigated a snowball fight.  The kids had a blast throwing them at each other.

But then the little rascals turned on me and tried to get me with the snow.

I tried to distract them by suggesting we move over between our houses where there was lots of deep snow for them to get into.  It seemed to work.

Man down!  Poor Liam kept falling over...he must have been top heavy or maybe it was his boots.

Someone did not like the snowball fight.

After the snowball to the face, Liam decided to venture off far away from the fun.

When all was said and done, we headed inside for some hot cocoa before naptime. 

I managed to take a few pics of our decor.  Here are our Christmas stockings made by Aunt Hazel. 

Our tree!

We had a great time in the snow and the kids absolutely loved it!  This is one of the first times we all got to enjoy it since both kids can move around by themselves in the snow.  Can't wait to see if we have many more snow days in store for us in the future.