#897421098 Snow Day

Last Wednesday came and Mason was doing a "snow dance" in hopes school would be out.  I was ready for this weather to be over but if we were actually going to get some snow instead of just ice, I was okay with it. 

Mickey Mouse made us a meatloaf just because and Mason wanted me to let her know he approved.  

Well it sleeted and then finally snowed.  John ended up going into work but I was off with the boys.  I got them all bundled up to meet the neighbors for some sledding. 

I just loved his little windbreaker. 

So excited. 

The problem was that the sun was not out and it was COLD.  Our neighbors wanted to walk to the hill.  Unfortunately, the walk was just too long for my boys in that kind of cold.  We don't have proper ski attire and their little hands got wet playing in the snow on the walk over. 

We met more friends at the hill to sled.  I think each of my boys went down one time (yes, Brody is in a plastic bin) and then both started crying they were cold and wanted to go home.  No lie, it took longer to bundle them up than sled.  

Thank goodness the other people we met drove, so they took us home instead of us walking!  

So much happier in the warm house. 

I asked them if they wanted to go back out in the cold and build a snowman...

Then I assured them we could do it later when the sun was out or not at all if they didn't want to. 

Mason and I built the snowman and Brody helped us decorate.  The afternoon was much more bearable.  Always thankful for the selfie stick. 

We ended the fun with snow cream.  I always forget how good this stuff is.  

And we saved some for John since he had never tried it before.  I assured him we only got the clean snow. 

John says he will kill me when he gets older.

Nighttime stories before bed.

This guy woke up at 6:15 in the morning on a Saturday.   Lovely.

We went to Sky Zone with the other Brower clan and then had lunch together.
Mason was pretty excited to be back.  (that is Brody in the back flopping around)

They played a little basketball.

Brody just jumped all over the place.  

Forced, fake smiles much?!

Getting' in his stance.

Saturday night we went to a local pizza place and the boys tried fried cheese sticks for the first time.  They thought it was the best thing ever.  Not to mention the bottled Sprite.

To keep the healthy food going, they had Spiderman donuts for breakfast.

Grandpa James came to visit for a few minutes.  Long enough to get in a game of dodgeball.

And Emma has had about enough of dodgeball....she stole some toys and didn't want anyone to grab them.

I tried to talk to Brody about peeing in the potty and even bribed him with a donut.  He tried really hard...

He wasn't successful but threw the biggest fit for that dang donut.  Mason suggested we let them split one.  Apparently, our kids run our house.  But jokes on them, John got a whole donut.

And I finally finished painting our kitchen cabinets.  I stained the island with gel stain and used milk paint for the other cabinets.  I love how it turned out.  Super easy but time consuming.

Whew.  That was a long post.