FUN DAY IN THE SNOW

This morning, we woke to SNOW!
It was my favorite kind... the kind that
sticks to the branches and makes
everything BEAUTIFUL!

The view from our deck this morning.
It snowed lightly for much of the day.
By day's end, there MIGHT have been 2" on the table.

The boys helped mommy shovel snow. I'm not sure WHY
I didn't think to just make snowballs to ROLL the snow
instead of shovel. (It was wet and heavy, perfect for
a snowman!)

Thumb-sucking Silas would NOT keep his mittens on!
He kept taking them off and throwing them on the ground!

We built a snowman and had to borrow
a carrot from Lisa. However, when Sydney
tried to steal the carrot from Silas, a fight
broke out. Lisa had Sydney come get another
carrot for himself. By the time he got back home
with it, it had nibbles out of it. Hmmm....

Silas parades with his carrot (from Lisa).
Unfortunately, our snowman fell over
before we could put the nose on it. Bummer.

Silas was SO MAD that I made him come inside. His hands
were RED and ICE COLD (because he refused to leave his
mittens on.) Normally, we have ALL HAPPY PICTURES
of Silas so, HERE is his MAD FACE! (Mark your calendar.)

Our advent book for today was MERRY CHRISTMAS,
CURIOUS GEORGE. Grandpa read it to the boys!

This is Sydney's FAVORITE display at Reflections in the Park.

Went to Reflections in the Park last week. However, it is
SO MUCH PRETTIER with snow on the ground! Took
Grandpa Lowell here for his birthday tonight. FUN!

After being serenaded HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sydney and Silas
attempted to deliver a gift bag to Papa Lowell. Silas took the
present out of the bag before they could get to him though.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDPA LOWELL!
Told Sydney that Grandpa wanted PIZZA for his birthday;
Sydney found that odd - thinking he should want
BIRTHDAY CAKE, not pizza! FUNNY KID!