Finally, SNOW!

We finally got snow in Childress!  This is the first time all winter!  However, it’s been to cold to get out and play much.  All of the cities to the East of us are still out of school due to ice and snow.  We just had delayed classes…which we are FINE about because then we get all our snow days!  That being said, we’ve had little to no ice.  The temps have been below 20 all week with lows around 1 or so!!  The kids got to go outside for a few minutes, (literally…no more than 10 minutes).  Nat came in crying about her fingers…yeah…knit gloves don’t cut it when you’re making snow angels.  I took most of her clothes off her and snuggled her against my belly.  Justin thought I was crazy, but I wasn’t about to let her get hypothermia!  (yes..i put her cold hands on my warm belly to make them warm…hehe!)  Also…here are a few random pics from the last month!

 

 

Cole and Natalie getting ready to go to the local stock show sale with their Daddy! 

 

This is what we do and how we dress on a snow day.  Mess up the playroom (ok…we do that everyday) and wear pajamas and a tutu.  I think she looks a bit like Jim Carey on Ace Ventura :)

Here is Natalie ready to spend an afternoon playing with Daddy.  Daddy days require Camo and if she wears camo, she likes boots!  I threw in the ruffled jeans to be a bit feminine :)

The only way to get Nat to smile for me was to get her beloved Kitty.  :)

All dressed up in MANY layers to go outside to play!  Cole had on pajama pants and jeans, a t-shirt, sweatshirt, and his jacket.  Nat had on her fleece pajamas, sweatpants and the camo pants…plus a sweatshirt under that jacket.  And they STILL froze!

My handsome boy playing in the snow :)

All Natalie wanted to do in the snow was make a snow angel.  We have no clue where she learned about snow angels, but Justin put her on the snow and away she went…making a snow angel!  She made a really good one!

Here’s Cole making one too!!

Our other son, Maverick has made his appearance in our house lately.  With low, low temps and below zero wind chills (we’re talking  -20), I knew we needed to bring him in.  Maverick USED to be an inside dog.  He was great, but with a tick infestation and the birth of Natalie, I kicked him outside in 2008.  He’s been an outside dog ever since.  We’d toyed with the idea of bringing him in again…but we were too afraid of accidents and the thought of him eating toys.  AMAZINGLY he has been GREAT!  Sure he chews on a few toys, but only to get attention.  Most of the day he lays on the floor like in the pic above!  That’s what he’s doing now…as Brynn dances all around him.  I was most worried about him sleeping in his crate (he used to whine in there).  Justin decided to try something different and brought his dog bed into our room (you know, the plush beds).  We put up everything that could get eaten and shut all the doors.  The bed, of course, went by Justin's side of the bed.  He laid in bed ALL NIGHT LONG!  I was soooo impressed!  He’s done it for 3 nights in a row!  This is very exciting for us because we would love him to spend some time inside when its too cold or too hot.  He has never had an accident either!  Always nudges my hand or whines when its time to go outside!  We are so proud of him!  The only problem I have is that he stinks like crushed Special K cereal…or stale cookies.  I tried to give him a bath, but since he weighs almost as much as I do  and I’m prego…I wasn’t up for that struggle.  We need to just take him to get groomed again :) 

If you followed that novel, thanks!  I plan on posting some of Cole’s cute comments soon…since he DOES turn 4 in a week!