From 70 to 20

Hard to believe how the weather can turn on a dime! We went from 70 degrees one day to 20 degrees the next. There were tornado watches out, then snow flurries. The snow was pretty, but just not enough to get us a snow day this time, darn.

Breakfast in Bed

Since we had this nice extra day off, and we had the luxury of sleeping in today, Kayli decided it would be nice to bring me breakfast in bed. She said "Mom, I know it's not Mothers Day, but I love you and I want to do something nice for you, so I am going to bring you some breakfast in bed." I gave her the go-ahead as long as she didn't try to bring me hot coffee (if only there was a way) and here she is...

whoa, TWO bottles of water? I must look dehydrated. Plenty of oatmeal bars to share, a juice bag for Kayli, and two fortune cookies!

and here's Kayli's fortune...

so true!

Back to Brrrr...

The high temps only lasted a day, and then, it was back to Brrrr, the very next day! Right back into Winter! Still, Kayli just had to take her friend, Lily out for a thrill ride, and the two of them squealed and screamed and put their hands in the air, like they were riding the mamba!
(Just thought it was worth mentioning that Kayli has already driven straight into a fire hydrant while trying to back up, thinking she was in reverse but was really in drive! Ohhh, I have visions of the future, yikes)

look mom, no hands...

oops, veered off the road, don't worry, I can fix this...

and they're off ...

Spring Day in Winter

What do you do when you get a 60 degree day in the middle of January?  You take your dog for a ride in your convertible mustang...

At first, Princes Sprinkles wasn't too thrilled about a "thrill ride" with a 7 year old behind the wheel! But after a while, she settled in and decided it wasn't so bad after all...

A Beautiful Snowy White New Year!

We ushered in the New Year, right from our living room, with a crackling fire in the fireplace, our favorite snacks on a tray, wearing our favorite pjs, snuggled on the couch with our cozy fleece blankets, watching the snow outside our windows, knowing that by morning we'd have enough snow for a day of real snow play!

waking up to the thick blanket of snow was as good as opening another Christmas present and yelling "let's play with it!" I insisted that we have some breakfast in our tummies before we began dragging out all the snow paraphernalia and then headed down the street to the nearest "sled hill!"

Ok, now that I've got the hill figured out, I'm gonna try some tricky stuff...

Oh yeah, I'm havin' fun now, let's go again...

and, at the bottom of the hill...
a few candid shots...