It Snowed

and it snowed, and it snowed some more.... the snow blower had a hard time getting through the stuff on the driveway this morning even though I cleared it just last night! We probably got a good 4 inches during the night, which isn't that much in and of itself, but the fact that it was heavy and wet made the snow blower clog up.

After clearing the drive, I came in and told Goober that is was good "snowman" snow... he instantly wanted to go outside and build one... and Missy joined in! So we got all three kids bundled up and shoveled them into the back yard, After which I told Jer to go get his snow stuff on too... we were ALL going outside dang it! He boobed a little, but in the end I like to think he had fun playing in the snow, throwing snowballs at the kids, and building something that resembles a snowman (we didn't have carrots or sticks or anything... so really it's more of a snow "tower" than a snow "man", but that is okay!).

There is no way I'm going out on the roads today, the snow has melted just enough underneath to make it wicked slick... even just for walking on the newly cleared driveway! To all those that have more guts than me and venture out in their vehicles ... GOOD LUCK... and heaven forbid.. STAY OFF YOUR CELL PHONES!

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PS just discovered our city is stupid... oh wait, I already knew that... it's just been reaffirmed. They aren't starting snow removal till tomorrow..... what in the.... apparently so that the snow can melt a little, freeze hard again, become black ice, then have the remaining "non slick" snow scraped off of the top to make it an ice skating rink.... sigh.

Dad's Doing His Job!

Riling up the kids before bed!
(if you can't tell he is using EB to bounce on Missy, making her laugh so hard she can barely breathe)

Play Date!

For those of you who don't know, Goober had the day off of school today. This meant I had to find something for the kids to do today to keep them busy, outside of (ya know) playing video games all day long....

So we invited Ken and Ave over to play!

If you remember, Ken and Ave live near Grandma S's house, so they have never been to our "new" house till today.

Goober was so excited when I told him they would be coming, not to Grandma's house, but to OUR HOUSE! I told him last night that they would be here around ten this morning.

This morning when he woke up, first thing out of his mouth was "Are Ken and Ave coming today??!" I replied that yes they were.... then he proceeded to watch the clock from about 8am till 10am (while I was racing to clean my house, because it needed it desperately!)

Once they arrived they had so much fun!

They played with Bounce Putty, and out on the deck, and with the marble toys, and with spider man and iron man! Oh, and they did play the Wii for a short time too.

Oh they had fun! They stayed till about the time EB goes down for his nap and by then I think everyone was done having "fun", I had no problems with Ken and Ave except during the last 15 minutes of their stay, so I think that was a great indicator that the amount of time spent was about right. :) We hope to have them come and play again sometime!

I think the kids won't be complaining too much about being bored today :)

It's a Dad Thing....

I love that Jer wrestles with the kids sometimes... not every night, but often. I remember rough housing with my dad when I was a kid and boy was it good times!

My sisters and I used to try to gang up on him and try to tickle torture him (he is VERY ticklish behind his knees). He would always pin one of us down and tickle us till we couldn't breathe anymore. Then one day all three of us were able to PIN HIM DOWN... Good times.

I think it needs to be a requirement for being a dad that you sometimes tumble around with your kids!

I had to include this picture... mainly because it's about ganging up on each other.... see Goober? he is hanging on for dear life. And what is Jer doing? Holding Goobers feet still so Missy My can totally tickle the crap out of him!! :D

YAY! They can play outside again!!!

Hooray! after a long and very snowy winter, one that I must admit, they saw very little sun in, it is warm enough to play OUTSIDE!!

I never realized as a kid that not only I looked forward to being outside, my parents probably looked forward to it too. :) I mean... in the winter, who REALLY wants to bundle up the kids in all their gear just to have them come back inside within 15min tracking all sorts of wintery goodness with them? Then there is the subsequent clean up.

But, NOW all I have to say is "You want to go in the backyard and play?" then "Ok, get on your shoes and your jacket and go outside then" :D no more running screaming through the house for extended periods of time! it's "Go outside and scream to your hearts content!" No more bouncing off the walls it's "Go outside and play tag!" Isn't mom full of fun suggestions now?

I love spring! and my crocuses are coming up, and my daffodils too! And HEY! I think I see a tulip starting over there!!!! That's great kids! You can pick the blooms off of them. It's enough for me to know that they are there! Nothing can go wrong in the spring. Mom is a MUCH happier person.

Stuck at Home

Soooo... since we are self quarentined due to RSV... Big G had finally spent some time with the Christmas gift that I thought he would spend the most time with when we gave it to him (they always surprise you don't they?), and I got around to playing with my Christmas Gift that I KNOW I will be spending more time with! LOL I should be cleaning but I'm not letting that stop my fun! Needless to say I've been playing with my photo editing program :)

Baby Boys

Here pretty soon these two will be 6 months old! Crazy. Time flies so FAST!

Little Li's Christmas Money

So, The kids great grandma sent them some money for Christmas this year and we just now got to spending it! This Gym is what Little Li got (the bumbo chair was Missy My's when she was a baby). Big G got a couple of Tansformers that he LOVES and Missy My got some My Little Ponies. Thanks Grandma!