The Growing Caldwell Family

After a trip to snow mountain we had the thrill of another snow day! It was bitter cold, but the kids couldn't resist the fluffy snow! This time the snow days fell during the middle of the week so the kids had a couple days of from school. Aaron and I just had the privilege of working from home!

We couldn't help but sing the popular song from Frozen while we gathered up snow and began to make our own snowman!  Charlie and Granny were the primary builders of our snowman, but we all pitched in some. I hope the kids have sweet memories of the fun we had playing in the snow with Grancy.  Maybe we should call this snowman Peaches II after the snowman Aaron built SG when she was a baby. They were so excited when he didn't melt that day!

The heavy, wet snow made for some icy snowballs! We had fun getting each other and Aaron even managed to get a few down our backs! Burrr!

The next morning we woke up to snow falling and all the ice had a nice covering. We enjoyed our snow that morning and by that afternoon it had warmed up and mostly all melted off!      What a fabulous time we had as a family!

To get two snows in one winter is so unusual and we made the most of it!  This one was much better coordinated and we were all together making it a lot more fun! At first we were just getting ice and there wasn't anything to go out and play in.  We had a nice morning painting some Valentine pictures. Charlie very much enjoyed his time painting! Sissy asked to make some cookies in her easy bake oven.  We found a recipe online that turned out very tasty! Finally, we decided there was enough ice built up to try sledding on it!  Turns out it was very fun, but a little wet!

We really enjoyed our adventures with the snow!  The kids and I had a great morning at home playing outside in the snow, then coming in to warm up and play around before taking naps. We were so excited for Aaron to get home after his overnight stay with Jeanne'  We hd a great time that afternoon playing in the snow and showing him our "sled"! They wanted to come down our snow covered slide together! Just hanging around the house. Doing a little reading together. Charlie couldn't decide what he thought of the snow. Sissy was busy baking up some snow cake! She also learned how to make a snow angel.   The afternoon gave us a nice time to play outside with daddy.  We used a metal cake pan as our sled and our steep driveway made a fun hill! We also used our trash can a little more for Charlie to try sledding. We really enjoyed ourselves and the bit of snow we had.  It made me miss all those winter vacations we...

Three years ago we had a significant snow and ice storm that interrupted our daily life.  Unlike that storm where the snow started at night, this one started during the day.  We hadn't given the weather a lot of thought.  To be honest, I was just trying to keep my head up after the previous day's ER visit and bronchitis diagnosis, so I didn't really know much about the weather.  I elected to stay home that day still not feeling well and kept SG with me.  Aaron went into the office and dropped Charlie off as usual.   Around lunch time Sarah Graves and I noted that it was snowing and went out to catch snowflakes.  I didn't expect the snow to stick since it had been fairly warm in the days prior.  I even put out a couple of pans to try to catch some snow on the patio fearing that it would have stopped during her nap and there wouldn't be any for her to get her hands into.  Turns out, that wasn't necessary at all!  When she woke up, t...

We could hear our neighbors outside having a fun time sledding on the hill and playing in the snow, so we had to go out a little.  Since SG has a cold and we didn't want her outside for long, Aaron went out and built a snowman for her.  It was really cold outside, so we all bundled up.   Everyone except for Lucy that is, she wears her fur coat all year long!  SG wore a hat, her heavy coat, a fleece outfit, and mittens.    Lucy was very curious to see what those people were doing out on her street.  She wasn't all that sure about the snow.  Her paws sank in it and I think she felt unsteady. The neighbors were having a great time on their "sleds"!  Next year we hope to have snow when SG is a little bigger and hopefully healthy. We watched the kids fly by our house. SG was not at all sure about the snow.  I thought she could stand in it, but she was so  bundled up that she just sort of fell over when I put her down....