It has come to my attention (thank you, Daddy Bird, GrandMama, Papa, my own kids) that I  have neglected to post pictures to the blog recently.  Sooo...here's a bit of winter play to catch up on with us. First though, a little summary of our past week's events, from my perspective.

Snow Day!

By Mommy

Soft dry powder, fluffly white

flying, blowing through the night.

Kids awake from winter's dreaming

look outside, begin their screaming!

Coats, hats, mittens, scarves tied tight

this boot goes on this foot, right?

Outside before the sun can rise;

playing, sledding, tasting ice.

Snow angels and fresh-made tracks

slipp'ry ice, watch for cracks!

Every breath makes big white puffs

rosy cheeks and...that's enough!

Fingers cold, can't feel their toes

back inside before sun rose!

"Tired, cold!" cry hungry tots

peel off layers, down to socks,

dripping, mucky, soggy tracks-

fireplace warms up their backs.

Filling bellies-cocoa, pancakes,

second wind-they hardly can wait!

Back to cold, there's more to play,

"No school today..." Hooray, hooray!

Too cold to play outside all winter,

'till it snows then all is better.

In and out, cold then dry

piles of laundry into night.

Messy, sloppy, winter weather

really couldn't get much better.

And that about sums it up, messy, wonderful, blessings of winter weather!  Within 2 days it warmed up to 60 degrees and we had a melty mess, but are enjoying the warmer temps now.  Click on the link below to join our fun.
Winter snow play

This is the little gummi bear at 8 weeks...oops!  I had previously written 12 weeks, here are the 12 week images below...

  Everything is going well, the gummi bear is growing steadlily and moving a lot.  Mommy is feeling well and still running a fair amount, but no big races in her near future.  It's so amazing to see so much detail!

Click here to see some Christmas beauty.