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Snow Puddles

After naps today the kids went outside to enjoy the snow before it all melts.

I'm not sure what Ava is doing in this picture. Bella seems intrigued.

Maddox decided the water needed to go.

Kade trying to figure out what Maddox is doing.

Kade telling Maddox how it should be done.

I guess the snow tuckered them out. This is what I found when I finished cleaning up after supper...Yes, they are pretending, but it was all their idea. Kids do the goofiest things sometimes.

A Spring Blizzard

As many of you know, we had a blizzard this weekend. It derailed plans to go to Kansas City to play with Uncle Joel and Aunt Kate. We were all bummed about that. But when the kids finally accepted that we weren't going any day this week, they got excited about the snow.

We spent the morning admiring the big flakes that were coming down. Later, we braved the non-cleared roads for an adventure to the Sweigart Grandparent's house.

We got out the sleds and 4-wheelers and went trapsing through the field. I think we all had a lot of fun. The afternoon brought sunshine, which made snow-playing that much more enjoyable.

This was Kade's expression the entire time on the 4-wheeler, but when asked if he wanted to get off, he always said no!

He cracked a tiny smile for this pic!

"Let's wrestle"

Kade was so funny tonight. He had an over abundance of energy tonight and all he wanted to do was wrestle with daddy. Here are a few pictures that I was surprisingly able to capture during it all.

long+scissors=short

Most of you may think I'm crazy for freaking out about this, but I am. It was way too hard to do this. I love Ava's hair...obviously more than she does. So, when she said she wanted short hair, mommy cringed, but gave in.

Before.

After

Super short, as Ava would say.

How Ava feels about her hair cut.

The length I cut off-about 6 inches!!

She did say she wanted it short like Maddox's..."NO WAY! You have way too pretty hair to be short like that!" I am very thankful she is so easy going and didn't push for this option!!!

A little porch-time

Now that it is getting nicer outside, I can finally spend some time on my porch swing again. I love my porch swing. Great place to snuggle up with a cup of coffee and enjoy the spring changes.

Well the kids like it too. When we first got the porch swing, we started reading books on the porch. I guess it stuck, because that was the first thing that came to Maddox's mind when I said I'd be on the porch. "Let's go get some books!"



It wasn't quite as warm as it looked outside today. Beautiful day, but the kids had to bundle a little.

I heart Craig

...well his list, anyway. This last weekend we went and picked up a very special piece of furniture for our house. It is an amazing hutch that I found on Craig's list. I've been looking for one for awhile, and last week I finally found it! Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it. I do have to repaint our table and chairs to match, but that's okay. They could all stand to get a nice fresh coat of paint anyway.


I also got this 5' x 8' rug in the mail this week for the boys' room. I got it for $20! I was pretty excited about that too. Not exactly what I was looking for, but it matches anyway and it was $20. Seriously, can you go wrong with that?