Snow Days!!

Catching snowflakes...




Otis might end up getting three weeks of Christmas vacation from school this year. No school so far this week with a storm on the way for tomorrow! Yesterday we went and had studded snow tires put on the car, which is all wheel drive, so we can get around fairly easily. That is a big relief. Now the sun is shining and the sky is bright blue. Gorgeous!!

Christmas Lights

The kids have been having so much fun with all the holidays this year. Sofia is still asking to go trick or treating. She doesn't realize that Christmas is next week. Probably she doesn't remember Christmas from last year. Otis really enjoys putting the lights up with his dad. He looks forward to it. Both the kids stuck with decorating the tree until it was done. I have been enjoying them so much and all their excitement.

A Familiar Scene

ingenuity

The top invention, consisting of a plastic playdough press part and a paintbrush, has been the reigning gun (blaster) of choice for more than a month. I can't get the paintbrush out. We don't have any guns in the house but I admire the inventiveness so much that I've let it stick around.

The second is Sofia's new toothbrush that sticks to the counter. (And other surfaces when she needs to make a statement.)