Just a quick post before I have to wake the kids up to take them to see “Click, Clack, Moo – Cows that type,” a live performance :) We are all very excited.

We went down to visit Jim and Julie and Molly yesterday, for the first time in what seems like forever! It was a beautiful day. The kids traveled really well and we had fun. We went to a playground and took advantage of the 50 degree weather and sunshine. Yay!!! Here are some pics and a fun video of the kids rolling down the hill.

Three on a tire swing

Checking out a little stream running under the bridge. We then went for a short walk in the woods.

The first hill he went down.

After a long day at the playground little bodies need snacks.

Lex loves rolling down hills. I think it’s neat to see the different levels of understanding and confidence between them. Lex loves it, Eve is interested but doesn’t fully get it, Molly has no idea what they are talking about :)

We have a snow day today. It’s been awhile since we had much snow so everyone was pretty excited to wake up and see a thick, heavy covering, with more still falling. In fact, it’s been so long that Eve said, “Mommy, where did all the grass go?” :) We Lex heard that school was canceled, he said, “I think schools are closed in Winter Wonderland!” We were outside by 8:30am. It would have been even earlier except we had to go with Alan to drop the cars off for service. Eve went over and invited Parrish out to play and the three of them played together, very happily, for more than two hours! It was great. After lunch Lex conked right out, though Eve is still bouncing around. I missed her “nap window” and may pay the price for that later tonight!

Eve is so silly.  See Lex’s tree?  Trees are his new “thing.”  They were cute, but it ended (off camera) with a big line all the way down the newel post at the bottom of the stairs.  No more markers for these monkeys for awhile!

Lex had no school today so we spent the morning with a classmate, sledding down the giant hill in front of her house. Giant, in my opinion, for a couple of 4 and 2 year olds. I found myself scrambling to find a store that still sells sleds this week. Apparently January is past the peak “shopping for sleds” season. I ended up with a pricey (-er than I was planning on buying) sled that’s designed for slightly older kids. It goes really fast and Lex loved it! We also brought along the LL Bean wooden sled. The kids all had a great time. Lex has done some sledding at daycare but otherwise it’s not something we do often. We probably should though.

Sledding - at the top of the hill... this is where he wanted to start from, but I wouldn't let him.

Coming down the hill... see that orange sled at the top? See why I didn't want him to start from there?!

Sideways sledding

The little girls did some sledding on their slippery snowsuit butts. (they took a few rides on the slower sleds too)

Alan has been working hard on the basement and yesterday the kids got their first experience with a complete loop to run. Yay! We didn’t have the camera down there then, but this evening they were both bursting with annoying energy (not just energy, but that agitating kind that drives you crazy) so when Alan came home he brought them down to the basement for awhile. I sent the camera along. They both feel asleep easily after that! Alan takes pretty long videos (4 minutes) but it’s fun and gives you a nice tour of the basement too. Next week it should look even cooler!

Funny faces