More Snow Fun

After the sledding, we decided to have a snowball fight. We built some forts and made lots of snowballs.



making snowballs seems to involve eating large amounts of snow... every chance they got, they were eating the snow... (we covered the basics on what snow to avoid)



I love this bright, colorful picture.


Ross did the fort building for both sides.


He also didn't miss an opportunity to pound the kids with a shovel full of snow.


Watch out!










the kids try to get revenge...





It's war!






Max takes a quick break while he's down to eat some more snow...


And then he's back for more.







After this shot in the face...


Max was fired up (and I love that you can see it in the picture), he turned and said he was going to get Ross and take him down!!



down they go!


all smiles though!

Snow Fun

Back to our post Christmas snow... We had fun playing in the snow around the house one afternoon! I took lots of pictures and just liked all of them so much that I think this will make for a couple of posts!



It snowed throughout the night, so we woke up to fresh snow covering everything!


I am not a fan of winter, but this makes it pretty at least.






The kids stayed outside and played for hours! One day they just went out by themselves and played and played. It was neat. First they started with shoveling the driveway!




While they worked, I took more pictures of snow...






We got more snow this storm than all of last year, so the kids were excited to play!

Hi SpongeBob!




More fun sledding down our mini-hill. We actually took them sledding on a big hill the next day, that was fun too!!







The run and dive maneuver...


And Max...










And Zoey wanted a picture of her eating a snowball while sledding!


And making the trek back up...


lots more to come...

Ten on the Tenth - Grumpy Thursday

Ross and I have named Thursday's of a full five day school week as "Grumpy Thursday". We noticed the kids would be extra tired and grumpy on that afternoon and it was our way to kind of make light of the situation. Sometimes just being aware helps with me to deal.

So, dark, cold, and Thursday, we headed out the door this morning! Go Team!


I even woke up with a cloud today. I forced myself to Yoga it up...


And then I worked a little more on cleaning, decluttering... always fun.



I always thought we didn't have too much stuff. But, we have too much stuff.

I helped in Zoey's class today. I get to work with 6 kids on math, so that is fun. So, I was in the school early for pick up and Max was in the gym for PE!


Sometimes to combat Grumpy Thursdays, we head to Panera Bread after
school.



I can't believe how crowded it is at 2:30 on a Thursday.

Zoey is the mail checker-


Max had a long, tough time with homework today... Where Zoey, at his age, was diligent and would just do her work even if she didn't like it, Max fights it. Always asking why, if he knows it already, does he have to keep showing it... This is a battle we will be fighting for a while, I'm afraid.



After dinner dishes.


More Max homework. He had to read a play, so we all had parts.



And down to the basement where they were making up routines on an obstacle course.



and no Ross pictures this Tenth. He is away making the day extra grumpy...
Ending my whine... I mostly kid about the grumps, I just wanted to document it because often Ross calls and asks how its going and we can just say, "Grumpy Thursday" with no explanation needed. I wish you a good one. And if not, tomorrow is another day. Be Blessed.