snow day

much to my surprise, we had almost three inches of snow last night! the forecast was for less than an inch and it had already stopped by the time we left swimming lessons so it really wasn't what i was expecting. we were planning on meeting up with some friends but they asked if we would mind canceling - not just because of the snow. 

the little  boys helped me make some muffins. well, they each did a little counting and took a few stirs. they are quite the twosome! it looks like maddux is choking manning but that is how he thinks he is hugging manning and helping him look to the camera. (maddux has the best bedhead!)

after lunch we bundled up to play out in the snow. all of the kids, except manning, were very excited to be out there. manning just screamed after falling down once. he still won't wear gloves so one fall in the snow and he is done.

mason decided to try his hand at sledding. i thought that he was going to have a difficult time since so much grass was showing, but he stuck with it and was able to slide down the 'hill' several times. (notice that the runners in the second picture are wearing shorts - i did not think that it was that warm.)

maddux would only wear his knit gloves which don't work all that well for snow. madelyn tried to build olaf but found it to be a little difficult to get the right shapes.

manning did calm down a little and wanted to walk down the trail. he stopped to watch the ducks and quack along with them for a while. he lost it again, however, when we couldn't walk farther down the trail because the other kids were still playing in the yard.

i took manning inside to watch a movie and warm up while madelyn was able to finish up her snowman and the big boys burned a little more energy. it was crazy to have enough snow to play in but it was fitting for our 'frozen' themed spring break.

i guess i wasn't feeling much like cooking while matt has been out of town because tonight i took the kids to cici's pizza for dinner before church. i thought that they would like the opportunity to pick any pizza they could imagine and even have 'dessert' pizza. matt has zero interest in going so this seemed like a good chance. the kids loved it! they thought that it was one of the greatest places ever and were very well behaved. i did underestimate how long it would take us to eat given that i was really the only one to help with seconds (and thirds) and we were almost late to church. madelyn was able to help get the pizza a few times though.

matt's flight got in around the time we were leaving church so i did my best to keep the kids up to see him (he was driving in from cleveland - about an hour). they all made it except for maddux; he was just beat. the kids had all worked on a welcome home sign today and couldn't wait to show him.

love.