Snow Days!

Yeah, that's a real original title since half the country (or more?) is covered in winter weather these days! Ha! Anyways, Josiah was picked up early from "school" yesterday and Mackenzie's school was canceled today due to the snowy/icy weather. We completely enjoyed these two days of snow. Josiah and Mackenzie with the "Christmas" tree in our backyard. This was Thursday evening, while all four of us were outside together.
Mackenzie at the base of the slide.

Josiah eating snow off the ladder rungs as he climbed up to go down the slide. Watching the kids literally fly down the slide in their snowsuits would scare anyone! I'm just thankful we had no injuries, and therefore no trips to the emergency room. He, he. They loved the snowy slide, though. To watch them go down it over and over and over was comical.

Cute pic of Mackenzie in the snow yesterday.

This morning, after David headed on to work, the kids and I bundled up and headed outside. One of the first things they did was to lay down in the driveway and make snow angels. In the above picture they are giving each other "high fives" for the great job making snow angels that they both did! Too cute.

Here's Josiah in action making a snow angel in our driveway.
The most memorable thing the three of us did this morning was sledding. Alas, I have no pictures of it as I was right in the middle of it all! We began by sledding down the hill in our front yard. The kids were each on a sled and I was pushing the sled to get it started down the hill. It was fun, but what was even better was sledding down the street! We quickly figured out that we didn't have to stop at the base of our yard. Instead, we could begin in our yard, land in the street which was solid ice with some snow, too, and continue down the huge hill. So, after checking both ways for traffic, I sat down on the sled. Both kids piled in my lap. We then began, slowly at first and then gathering great (and completely out of control) momentum. The three of us, all piled on that one bright red sled, flew down the entire street from our house to the stop sign at the base! We went all different directions, including backwards as I cannot steer the sled! The kids laughed and squealed with delight as we just kept going and going down that hill. Two times of walking all the way back UP that hill was plenty, so we headed inside for a cup of hot chocolate.

Here's Mackenzie enjoying her hot chocolate in her insulated underwear, or cuddle duds, as we call them!

Here's Josiah enjoying (spewing) his hot chocolate in his cuddle duds. I found those on clearance at Target last week, and boy am I glad we had those!

I spent a lot of time trying to get Josiah to pose for a picture outside in the snow. It just didn't happen. He was way too busy just enjoying the snow to stop for pictures. Sigh. So, I laughed when he flopped down on the bar stools after enjoying his hot chocolate and announced, "Cheese." He was posing for a picture! I snapped it, of course! :)

Snow

The kids were thrilled to actually get to sled this morning, though we still didn't have a ton of snow. Shortly after going outside, Mackenzie realized she really did need her coat...like I had said...so we went in to put it on. She was frustrated as her coat did not go on easily. Then she had a meltdown. You know, the kind that's loud enough for all the neighbors to hear... Well. To make a long story short, she ended up playing (ahem, getting two on one attention) from our wonderful neighbors while Josiah and I enjoyed the snow! She was a happy camper at their house. Josiah and I had snow ball fights and I pulled him around our yard on the sled. We all had fun, thanks to the help of my neighbors. ;)
Here's Josiah on the sled!

Up close of my snowy little boy.

Now if I may brag for a moment...Josiah spelled his name this morning! I was playing around and said, "How old are you?" He said, "I'm two and a half." I said, "What is your name?" He said, "J-O-S-I-A-H!" I completely expected him to say, "Josiah," or "Siah," or "Siah Biah" as he so often does, but instead he spelled his name! I was excited. He could have done this a few months ago, but would only say "I-A-H." Today was the first day where he said the whole thing.

And to brag on Mackenzie...she is now reading sentences such as "Fill it up, Cal," and "Mom got gas," and "Sam met Tom," and "Hit it, Pam!" Yes, that's the A Beka curriculum Little Book's! We're both having fun with words these days. :)

I'm proud of my kiddos and enjoying God's creation...both indoors and out! :)