Adios, Pepinos!

As you look out of your window and think to yourself..."Man, I wish we could have just a few inches more of snow," we are reminded of the most recent snow day...Snow Day #2 (bum, bum, bummmm!).  As always, we made the most of our unexpected time off.  Here are some of our highlights of the day:

Reading the Blog Book to Sugar:

Organizing classroom station ideas with a cup of joe and a view of the blustery snow fall.

Meanwhile outside, our wonderful neighbor has been taking his time each snowfall to come and plow our driveway.  We are so grateful for kind and thoughtful neighbors!

Clearing snow from the pond to slide:

 Sophie and Kynleigh's Snowman, Fred AKA Eddy.

Pig Nicholas withstands the blizzard:

Bath Bombs!

I had to try one of these to see if they lived up to the hype.

A little relaxation, and yes, the lemongrass bath bomb definitely made the bath more enjoyable!

Fixin' fence in the blizzard:

Snow Cones with Booger Bear

Box Social 

For her 4th Grade Box Social, Sophie wanted to create a replica of our Big Red Barn, and she did just that!  Dad helped with some, but Sophie was in charge of most of the measuring, cutting, glueing, and painting.

Sophie's Basketball Team 2018-2019

They have grown so much this year as a team.  I am looking forward to many more games in the future!

Painting Fun!

Reason #2 for not ever wanting to be sick: Substitute Aftermath

Snow Day 2019

When your alarm clock goes off on the morning of a snow day, you are automatically granted surplus energy and happiness as you look forward to unexpected downtime.  This holds true for me and the kids on a snow day.  These days are waaay more productive than a weekend because you feel like you've been given a little gift that lasts approximately eight hours and expires shortly after exhaustion hits at its normal time of 5:37 p.m..  Here are some things that occupied our time on our first snow day of the year:

Mom: blueberry muffins for breakfast, walls mudded, sanded, and painted, and laundry done!

Ella and Sophie: making bath bombs, cleaning up bath bomb mess, creating a fort, cleaning up fort mess, baking and decorating a two-layer "wedding cake," cleaning up cake mess, and hopes to make cookie dough and cotton candy but ran short on time.

Brock: self explanatory...

On a side note, he did have his 8th grade dance.  Him and his friends had a blast!

Hiller Christmas 2018

Hiller Christmas 2018

Dice Game

  Brock got a candy cake.  He was actually excited about it, but as soon as I pointed the camera at him, I get this:

I love how the girls LOVE to read.  Ella received a Kindle for Christmas and has not put it down since.  You will most likely find her at home reading somewhere quiet and cozy.

Sophie reading to the family:

Snowman Building Contest

Sophie and Ella

Snowman Sophie

Cotton candy time!

Distinguished Elias

It turned out to be Chad's year for the bunny suit!  You look ravishing in pink, Honey!

It's not our normal if it doesn't get awkward at some point.

Sophie's Day with Dad

She got her cowgirl hat exchanged to size and was able to check out the new Scheels.  She was very excited about her hat and hasn't took it and her boots off since she got them.  Little did we know, it is a multipurpose hat.  

She can shop in her hat...

She can track bears in the mountains with her hat...

And she can even play football in her hat!  

Lunch Choice: Valentino's Vegas Buffet

Making Sausage

Sophie's Charcuterie Board

She got a glass for Brock and Ella, but not too long after she got it ready, she put the other two glasses back because they were being mean.  *sigh*

Lincoln Trip with Mom

The girls are avid watchers of any baking TV show.  They have been wanting to try macrons since first introduced to them a year or so ago.  We found them on our trip to Lincoln!  

The verdict:  They were not what was expected.  They are a little crispy but pretty soft in the middle. The strawberry flavor was good!

 Elwood Plaque that Chad made for his dad:

I'm not the only one who gets attacked by spray foam!