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Snowmageddon


Ever since Sunday, we’ve been snowed in our house. ‘They’ are calling it Snowmageddon. I’m not sure what the final measurements came to, but I’m pretty sure we got about a foot of snow. Normally, I’m not a big fan of big snow storms. This time, it hit at the perfect time. Don got home from work shortly after it started coming down hard. Since it was Sunday morning, that meant he didn’t have to be back in to work until tonight (Tuesday night.) The boys were so excited when I told them that he was home and sleeping. They kept dancing and singing “Daddy made it home safely!” And Kai kept saying “Yay! Daddy did not get hurted!”

Don brought home some donuts from work. Liam wanted a donut snowman to celebrate the snow day.

boy with donuts
When Kingston eats powdered donuts, it gets everywhere
messy toddler
After breakfast, the boys helped me clean up a bit. I had just bought them each their own brooms and dustpans. They were super excited to use them!
kids with brooms
Here are a couple shots out the back door. This isn’t the final result. But I guess I didn’t take pictures of it.
snow covered deck
snowy deck 2
This little girl is a doll, even with a slightly crusty face
cute baby
We made some snow ice cream for a little snack. I actually never remember trying it before. But I was so pleasantly surprised when I realized it tasted exactly like an S&J’s wedding cake snow cone (my favorite kind!) We had it two days in a row because I loved it so much.
 
 
boy and little brother
boys with snow ice cream
snow ice cream with sprinkles
baby is standing up
We tried the frozen bubble trick that had been circulating the internet. Apparently, bubbles are supposed to “freeze instantly” in temperatures below freezing. Well, Monday was the coldest day in 20 years, (in the negatives) and I can tell you that they did not freeze instantly. It was tricky to even get a bubble to not pop or fly away. But I was determined! It may have turned out better if I had a fancy camera. But the iphone pictures will have to do.
 
frozen bubble
frozen bubble 2
frozen bubble 3
Liam recently told me that his top 5 favorite things to do are hug me, kiss me, snuggle with me, massage my back, and massage my feet. This kid is a charmer.
 
He was making a heart with his hands
mom and boy
mom and two boys
And just for fun, here are a few pictures of Evangeline. She tried a clementine for the first time today and she loved it! I can’t stop taking pictures of her all the time.
 
baby girl eating clementines
evangeline 4
smiling baby
It looks like more snow may be coming our way tomorrow night. So I think we’ll stay in and stay warm for a few more days!
 
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Happy 2014!


On New Year’s Eve, Maggi and I attempted the glitter pictures again. We had tried it before on my birthday with Maggi’s iPhone. That did not work too well. This time, after learning from our mistakes, we tried it with Maggi’s new camera and the results were MUCH better!! 
It was a lot of fun, even if our hands were frozen by the time we got done. If you want to see how they turned out, check out the pictures she took!
Here are a few from my phone.
happy new year
best friends
blowing party horns
That evening, we had the annual Two Tower Tuckahoe party. The Lovings and Gunbys (right next door to each other) open their houses for food, games, and fellowship. It’s always a lot of fun! And I absolutely love the fact that we can walk home when we’re ready to leave. And my kids were pretty ready to leave right after midnight.
 
I hadn’t started out the night planning on making a video. Especially since I’ve already made 2 other videos in the past week. But I think I’m starting to become addicted. So even though the lighting was bad and it may not be exciting to anyone else, I had fun making it and I know I’ll enjoy having this little reminder of such a fun night!




 
 
If anyone has any Apple app suggestions for videoing, let me know!