Snow Tunnel

On Sunday, it was finally warm enough to go outside and play in the snow. We went sledding down our hill and Brian and I dug a tunnel for the girls to crawl through. They loved it.

Cold and Snow Days

On Sunday, We got a snow storm and it dumped 14" of snow on us. We already had 8" on the ground, so the snow is piled up to the mailbox.

Before the cold arctic air came in, we went outside to enjoy the snow by sledding down the hill. It was almost too deep to go sledding.

We made ice cream out of snow. It was really yummy and easy to make.

We had a snow day on Monday, because of the snow and we had a snow day today, because the windchill was too cold. We got another call tonight and we will have a third snow day tomorrow for the cold windchill.

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. Lillie got a two wheeled scooter from Santa and Sophie got a Sofia the First castle from Santa.
Lillie woke us up at 7:15 on Christmas morning to open presents. They loved all of their presents and we had fun playing the games and putting their toys together too.

We took this picture of the girls on Christmas eve. Lillie's smile looks funny in this picture because she had a loose tooth and it was hanging at a weird angle. She finally lost that top tooth tonight. The tooth came out too late for us to sing, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."

Santa and Nativity

Today, we went to see Santa and we saw a Christmas miracle. Sophie did not cry when she sat on his lap. She has cried the last two years.

Lillie and Sophie told him what they wanted for Christmas. After, we went to decorate bags and write a letter to Santa.
Later this afternoon, Lillie played an angel in the Nativity play. She played angel 2 and 3. She whispered in Joseph's ear and she appeared to the shepherds.

Earlier this week, I joined Lillie on her class field trip to the Delano Homestead at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. Most of the field trip was outside and it was only 5 degrees outside.Lillie got to grind grain, make candles, fleece wool, make gingerbread cookies. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit for Thanksgiving.

We had a great week. We played games, watched Lillie at gymnastics, went shopping, went to see the movie "Frozen" and updated the mantel on the fireplace.

Happy Halloween

Sophie had her first Halloween Party at Preschool. Sophie is in the back row, in purple, as Sofia the first.

We played games at her school, 

made a trick or treat bag, and trunk or treated.

Later that afternoon, I went to Lillie's school for her class Halloween party. Lillie is in the front row, with the Hello Kitty hat on.

Lillie's class played games, 

ate snacks, and had a school parade. Lillie is between Sponge Bob and Iron Man.

Later that night, we went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Sophie told me "This is the best day ever."

Visit from Grandpa

Last week, Grandpa came to visit. He helped us carve our pumpkins.

He got to see Lillie at her gymnastics class. He also got to see Lillie and Sophie's schools.

On Tuesday, we trunk or treated at the Gilmore Car Museum and we rode a double decker bus.

On Wednesday, we visited the Bird Sanctuary and Dairy farm to watch the robots milk the cows.

It was a great week.