Winter Fun

We've had a pretty mild winter until the end of January, when we were slammed with over 2 feet of snow. Sledding in the back yard was in full swing with all of the neighbors coming over to enjoy the hill.

Lauren with some neighbors

Snow bed.

Sadly, Lauren ended a day of sledding by slamming right into our swing set. She knocked three teeth loose, but not stitches were needed, thank goodness. 

Dave has also taken Sophie skiing a few times this winter. She's getting pretty good. They moved from the bunny hill to a green hill during their last trip. 

What we're up to these days...

We have found ourselves in a very cold, very snowy winter. In the last month school has been cancelled at least one day each week. On two occasions last week I took Sophie into the office with me. She was actually really great and an office hit - a good distraction for everyone :) 

Here's a shot of a day where I had to pick her up early from school. All of this snow fell between 9am and 2pm! 

Last weekend we decided to take advantage of the weather and went to Camelback Mountain in the Poconos for a mini ski vacation with our friends Don, Ally and their son Oliver. We enrolled Sophie in ski school for the first time. Here she is before getting on to the skis. Unfortunately she lasted about 45 minutes in ski school before she was over it and Dave had to go pick her up. I think it was a combo of the cold, not knowing anyone in the group, and being uncomfortable on the skis. We'll give it another try next year and see if it takes... 

Now that she's in the Primary pre-school, Sophie has to make Valentine's for her entire class of 22 kids. We got started on the project early so we could work on them all week - and we definitely needed to. Of course, tomorrow is Valentine's day and school is already cancelled, but I'm assuming they'll reschedule the exchange, as I'm sure we're not the only family who has spent a good amount of time on these! 

And Lauren is becoming a real little kid. She's eating with a spoon now, and definitely wants to do it for herself, rather than being helped. Ready for Montessori I guess. 

Snowy January

This winter has been cold and snowy. We had our coldest day since we've lived in Philly, with a high of just 7! Sophie has done some good sledding, but Lauren definitely prefers being in the warm indoors (just like her mama...). Here they are all bundled up and ready to go outside. 

 Our best mode of transportation on a few days has been the sled... 

Snow Angels!

We've already gotten three big snow storms so far this winter. Last week school was closed early because of the snow, so Amy and I got the girls together to go sledding down a hill close to our house. However, Sophie and Claire were more interested in making snow angels than sledding. They had a blast, despite the freezing temperatures (which they didn't even seem to feel).

Snow Day!

We got a foot of snow last night and since Sophie got a new snow suit for Christmas we decided to venutre out (well, venture outside the front door at least). While Dave shoveled the street, we did some exploring along the street.

Sophie didn't move too much - just sat there and took it all in. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but "I'm cold" might have been in there.

Our street