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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 Birthday Kingston!


Guess what Kingston learned to do on Friday night? He learned to climb out of his crib. (He also used his potty chair too! But that was an isolated event.) I have been dreading the day that Kingston would have to move to his brothers’ room. Neither of the other boys had been in a crib as long as Kingston. But I just didn’t feel he was ready. And I wasn’t ready for the lack of sleep that would result from the move.
When we discovered that he could now climb out of the crib, we decided it was time to move to the big boys’ room.
Saturday was Kingston’s birthday and his first night to share a room with Liam and Kai. And you know what? He did just fine! He only got out of bed once. He looked so sweet laying between his brothers, ready to sleep next to them. We moved Liam to the top bunk the next night. And Evangeline is now in the crib. Everyone is adjusting well to the bed switches. Evangeline went to bed at 9pm last night and just woke up at noon! I’d say she loves her crib.
Anyway, since I was at the Beatles tribute show half the day on Kingston’s birthday, we had his party on Sunday afternoon.
I probably should have done a better job about taking pictures. We had an ice cream party with lots of delicious toppings. Kingston had a great time!
brothers playing outside
mom and toddler boy
mom and birthday boy
birthday boy
It got up to the 70s that day, so thankfully the kids were able to play (and eat) on the deck.
kids birthday party

I was hoping to get the shindig started earlier to have good lighting for pictures, but it didn’t start as early as planned.

The kids loved the gummy bears on their ice cream.
boy with ice cream cone
And Maggi loved the sprinkles.
woman and ice cream

Even though Kingston has been the most work so far, we have loved these 2 years with him. He is wild and energetic. He loves to give kisses, read, and growl. He has the stinkiest feet known to mankind. He loves to enthusiastically say the word “fun!” when he’s having a good time. He likes to aggravate Kai but he also loves to play with his brothers. He loves his baby sister (“gully”) and loves to kiss her.

When he’s staying out of trouble, he is a lot of fun 🙂
We love our little Kingston guy!
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