Making fun

The sun came out this weekend so we felt obligated to get outside for a bit. However, there's still enough snow that the only real option for being outside is to be in the driveway. Luckily we've been a little over ambitious with the shoveling, so we're finally starting to see some ground. 

And some rocks! Non-snow ground is such a novel thing right now - the girls spent at least 20 minutes simply playing with the little patch of rocks.

Don't tell us we don't know how to have a good time!

g'night

Rarely photographed... m's goodnight routine.

What do you mean it's time for bed?

Forget it, I'm out of here..

Fine. As long as I can keep my phone and I get a hug from daddy...

...and c :o)

New do

As many of you know I'm heading out of town again tomorrow for the week for work. So agenda item #1 for this weekend was to get c a new hairdo that does not require braids or bands to keep it out of her face. Sunday morning we headed to great clips, and 10 minutes later....

Now c is officially in her crazy face phase so it was a little challenging to really get a good shot, but we kept trying..

And ended up with this one :o)

Now what to do with the little one's hair....

Snoopy

Nancy and bob gave the girls a Snoopy toy for Christmas. I have a feel it's going to be one of those things that just never gets old :o)

Skate Skiing

I don't often write about my own adventures, but I'm thinking this might be the beginning of something so might as well throw it on the blog for historical purposes and tag it as a milestone :o) This weekend Jean invited me to go skate skiing with her up at the ranch as part of a US Nordic team fundraiser, and it was awesome. Not at all the same motion as skating or skiing, and a super challenging workout. And you got to be outside! 

I was already asking about buying equipment at the end of the session. As fun - see the guy in the tights in this picture?

Yeah he's a gold medalist. Because if you're going to learn a new sport, it might as well be with an Olympian, right?

Puzzles

m is in a really fun stage right now where she's just starting to be able to really do puzzles on her own. She also smiles on command.

At least sorta ;)

Mini sledding

Hi all! Long time no post. Hoping to catch up a bit here, starting with a fun new sport we discovered yesterday. May I present, mini sledding!

And in video form

best enjoyed with beverage :o)