More snow!!

It has been so cold here the kids and I haven't left the house since lunch on Wednesday! (Today is Saturday.)

 We got a bunch of snow this morning and it actually warmed up the temperature (in the 20s instead of 0 degrees).  

 So Michael and the kids went out to play (I went out far enough to take a few pictures.)

 With Michael's assistance Noah actually walked around in the snow.  

 There was snowman construction.

 Cute boy.

 There were snow angels.

 She was very proud of her snowman.

 There was a snowball fight.

 Kids just don't care how cold it is.

 Trying to catch some snowflakes.

 A big snow angel.  

We gathered fresh snow before they started playing and made snow ice cream when everyone came in.  Katelyn thought that was the best thing ever!

There are more cold, cold days ahead. But today was actually pretty fun.  Besides the snow play I made banana, chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, we all watched a movie together and I made homemade soup and bread for dinner.  Michael was gone on a business trip last weekend so this weekend we were pretty content just to stay in and hang out together.  I love my family!

Snow day!!

Yesterday it was 50 degrees.  Today we woke up to this...

 Our cute little snow bear.

 We got a couple of inches of snow.  Katelyn was in heaven.

 One of many snow angels.

 She stayed outside until I made her come in.  

 It was so windy that it blew all of the snow off of the patio.  Noah was not so sure about playing in the snow so he stayed on the porch.

Katelyn loves the snow but I'm ready for spring already.

Fall fun!

The weather has cooled down.  The leaves have mostly fallen off the trees.  We are right in the middle of fall.

 

 Noah was enjoying a little snack with daddy.

 

 Noah now likes coloring (for a few minutes at a time) and stickers.

He looks like such a big boy!

 

 Noah likes to hide between the bar stools.

 

 And he likes to reorganize the pantry.

 

 One of Katelyn's favorite things is a pile of leaves to play in.

 

 She was making a leaf angel.

 

 Wild boy!

 

 Noah liked the leaves too.

 

 Here's my attempt at keeping Noah busy while doing school with Katelyn.

 

 They love playing together.

 

 Noah really enjoyed spaghetti night.  Spaghetti night = bath night.

 

 Here I am with my nephew, Jax.

 

Poor Niki was just trying to enjoy her banana pudding in peace.  But Mooch and Moochier wanted some too.  Notice Charlie trying to move Noah along. 

 

 



Trick or Treat?

There weren't any tricks, but there were LOTS of treats.  These kids brought in some serious loot tonight.

 

 Ready to go!

 

 Noah thought going up to houses and getting candy given to him was the best thing ever. 

 

 He was a pro.  People gave him double just because he was cute.

 

 Katelyn really enjoyed trick or treating this year.  She went with two of her friends that we always trick or treat with. 

 

This picture is blurry but it was so cute. 

 

Two nights of Halloween fun.  Michael and I are exhausted.  The kids are knocked out.  A successful year. :)

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is so fun when you have little kids.  Katelyn was about to explode she was so excited to get into her costume.

 

 The pre-festivities dinner for the kiddos.  Katelyn thought this was fun.

 

 Here's our little cowgirl.

 

 And our little monster.

 

 Noah was not quite so sure about wearing a costume at first but he warmed up to it.

 

 All trick or treating in our area was postponed until tomorrow night because of bad weather, but our church was doing a Candy Carnival so we took the kids down there.  They got to play games, get some candy and prizes and run around with their friends. 

 

 Noah discovered those little dum dum suckers and he LOVES them.  He was a big old sticky mess by the end of the night.  He would hand me his half sucked on sucker and run to one of the games where they were giving them away and pick out a new one, tear off the wrapper and stick it in his mouth.  We went through half a dozen of them tonight and he maybe ate the equivalent of one.  Noah didn't quite understand how Halloween works.  :)

 

 Katelyn understands.

 

 She liked being a sparkly cowgirl.  Thanks grammy and papa for the boots and hat.

 

 Katelyn got her face painted.

 

Our friends came with their kids.  These three have known each other since they were babies.  So sweet.  So tomorrow we'll go and do a little trick or treating.  They'll like going door to door.

Fall fun!!

Although it is always sad for me to say goodbye to warm weather, I do love the fall. 

 

 Katelyn introduced Noah to playing in the leaves the other day.  He thought that was pretty fun.

 

 Noah would spend all day outside if we could.

 

 Our friends' little girl outgrew this little playhouse so they passed it on to us.  They even delivered it.  Noah loves this thing.  It's the perfect size for him. 

 

 Katelyn is really silly....

 

 and beautiful inside and out!

 

 This look is Noah in a nutshell.  Mischief!!

 

 The colors this year are gorgeous!! Today we drove out one of the roads that takes you by lots of horse farms and all of the trees are orange and red.  So pretty.

 

 She's growing up really fast.

 

 And he's up to no good.  :)

 

 We carved our pumpkins tonight.  Noah was into it for about two minutes. 

 

 Katelyn was REALLY excited to get to carve her own pumpkin (with some assistance from daddy, of course.)

 

Here's a picture of the final product.