Here is what it looks like when your 3 1/2 year old helps you shovel the driveway. He sure is a hard worker! After all that effort he needed an easy (?) way to eat some fresh snow.
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Emma and her friend crack me up. Every time she comes over they have a list of things they want to do – pretty much the same things every time. Today was fairly typical – here is what was on their agenda:*Mail (making art and sending it to each other in the mailbox I made for Zach's co-op preschool YEARS ago!)
*EZ bake oven (cakes, and of course frosting!)
*Paint nails/toenails (Emma taught her how to "paint your own" – sure her mom was thrilled about this – and Xan taught Emma about nail polish patterns – so much more fun than all one color!)
*Play in the snow
They managed to squeeze it all in, plus made scarves out of leftover ninja belts from Zach's party, but there really is never enough time when you have a friend like this over!
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Yep, it was as fun – and as crazy – as it looks. Happy birthday Zach! (It appears, as Zach's all-or-nothing personality goes, that this will be the year of Lego Ninjago. Apparently, Star Wars is so last year. :)
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Apparently not Zach. The frigid (in the low twenties) temperatures and the snow on the "field" didn't stop him from a little time with the pitchback – he'd just shovel a path to wherever he needed to go.
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snow! preschool frog (at our house this week) had to get all his gear on. yay!
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Meg pulls herself up
Carter creates sea art and an awesome octopus at preschool; as well as a very big, very cool (and unfortunately very fragile, this smile didn't last long) lego airplane.
Steph breaks out the flip flops in early January, since Minnesota is seeing record temps in the 50's!
And Zach commences giving Carter and Emma lessons in Kendo (a Japanese martial art) – although I'm not sure what qualifies him to be an instructor, other than knowing what Kendo is (I thought he made it up.)
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In January. In Minnesota.
it. was. heaven.
(yeah, leave your coat unzipped while you search for pirate treasure at Silver Lake Park kind of heaven!)
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This picture is a couple of years old but it is one of my favorites. We are lucky. Life is good. -
We took a trip to the ice rink during the break, and Carter had his first experience with skates! He did a great job, and gave Nate and I quite a workout! He felt super cool in Zach's hockey helmet…
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We finally had some snow – and some wind – and the kids (home for winter break) picked that day to ride their bikes in the cul dec sac. It was short lived, but they thought it was quite the adventure. Here is Zach helping out Carter, who was stuck on the ice.
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