And perhaps one of my favorite images ever...
Now you might be thinking..."My goodness..it sure looks early for those kids to be up!" Well...there seems to be this strange phenomenon that happens in this home whenever it is a Saturday, Holiday, or Snow Day. Everyone wakes up and gets out of bed on their own, and very early. If only we could transfer that to the school days when no one wants to get out of bed before 7:45am...and there's crying and wailing and gnashing of teeth! Remarkable...truly remarkable. Take today for instance...Indy is already dressed, has eaten breakfast, and is outside playing and it is 7:50am...it's a 2-hr. delay for school :)
We started the day early...and by 9am I had already thrown 2 sets of clothes in the dryer...comforted McLaren through 3 meltdowns (pun intended) and helped his older brother... We finally had to set up a "crying-comforting station" in front of the fireplace. Note the red hands and nose...I tried to be sympathetic...but this was probably the 4th time in 2 hours that someone had come back in the house dripping wet and sobbing. Snow isn't all that its cracked up to be when it only comes once a year and you're ill-equipped.
His younger brother understood the pain and had ceased going out anymore.
Now Laina...waited until it was a bit warmer. Got all dressed up...and went outside and had a ball. (Note: the younger brother and photographer liked staying indoors to watch the fun.)
We also went sledding later in the afternoon...but I think that deserves a "year of the mother part: 2" post...definitely.
His younger brother understood the pain and had ceased going out anymore.Now Laina...waited until it was a bit warmer. Got all dressed up...and went outside and had a ball. (Note: the younger brother and photographer liked staying indoors to watch the fun.)We also went sledding later in the afternoon...but I think that deserves a "year of the mother part: 2" post...definitely.The kids ended the day by unanimously agreeing that "Hot Snow" is the way to go. That way (according to Laina) you could wear a bathing suit and play in the snow and not get cold. I think we'll visit the sand dunes next month.
5 comments:
I, of course, cannot even begin to fathom how COLD that is! And why is it that kids wake up early when they don't have to! I just can't wait for the day when they learn to sleep in, that's the day I WAKE THEM UP EARLY!!!
Beautiful pictures!
The one where Indy is standing looking out at the snow could totally be the cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Could someone tell indy that fireplace doesn't really work! Well thanks for listeing to me but it seems like you had quite a day yourself!
Holy cow, I thought you lived in Arizona! Weren't those same kids naked outside just last week?
That is a ton of snow...! Seems strange that just a few weeks ago you had pictures of kiddies in their nothings on the swing sets.
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