Snowmageddon

In February, we got 2 feet of snow! That's unheard of for our area. We usually get snow every Winter, but nothing like this. Everyone (including the local news stations) was calling it "Snowmageddon" or "Snowpocalyps." Needless to say, we had many, many snow days stuck at home. It wasn't that bad though, because we got to hang out watching movies and drinking hot chocolate, Wayne enjoyed pulling a few people out of the snow who were stuck, and of course Mason loved playing in the snow until he was a popsicle!


That's our BBQ grill under there
This is after Wayne swept the snow off the porch with a push broom--it was so powdery!



I loved these little bird prints on the front porch

Snow Day~Jan 2011

This was the first snow of the year, in January. Mason loved it.

I love the snowflake on his eyelashes...
I didn't actually take Maddie out in the snow (it was freezing!) but I bundled her up in her car seat & we watched Mason play in the snow from the sunroom.

I just adore this little hat on her! I bought it thinking it would be too big, but it fit just right.

When Wayne got home, he assisted Mason in retrieving this huge icicle off the house!
Then it became a unicorn horn...
...and a sword.
This snow was fun, but little did we know 2 weeks later we'd be stuck in almost 2 feet of snow!!

Spring Snow

What's wrong with this picture? GREEN grass with SNOW!?!!

Since Mother Nature blessed us with one last snow, (on the first day of Spring, might I add) I felt compelled to let Mason play in it one last time. Well, I guess I should have let him play in it over the weekend, but it just didn't happen until this afternoon when most of it had melted. The backyard was a sloppy, muddy mess with slushy snow on top. Of course Mason still had a great time while I cringed as he jumped up & down in the mud puddles, trying to remind myself that it's just mud and he is a boy.

Eeeewwwwww
Drawing a face with his rake

Backyard Snow Play

We've had so much snow over the last 2 months~and personally, I'm pretty sick of it! I am glad that Mason has gotten to play in it and have a good time though. These pictures were from a few weeks ago~the snow is melted now but It's bitter cold outside and was spitting snow again today! I could never live up north!

Mason's First Sledding Adventure

We took Mason to a hill near my parent's neighborhood to sled. He wasn't too into it since he didn't have enough weight to get the sled going very fast. Wayne worked hard getting Mason up & down the hill in the deep snow...while I stood & took pictures! Mason was so cute when we told him to lean back, he would lean as far back as he could, even if he wasn't moving yet.

Snow Day, Part 2

Today was MASON'S FIRST SNOW!! Well, that he got to experience. It snowed some last year but he was just a baby. When Wayne got home from work, we bundled up and headed to the backyard. Mason was in awe as he stepped into the snow and was smiling from ear to ear. He stomped all over the yard, made and threw some snowballs, and helped daddy make a little snowman. I took sooooo many pictures! Then we went inside and had hot chocolate (Mason had warm milk) to get warmed up!

Snow Day!

What a great day! I didn't have to go to work (after getting up, getting dressed and putting my makeup on!), I cleaned out a small part of my hall closet (while Mason "helped"), took some snowy pictures out my back door, played with Mason and watched the Backyardigans, surfed some scrapbooking/art/craft blogs while Mason took a nap, and munched on soup and pretzels. I love snow days when I can just stay at home! (Too bad Wayne had to go to work!)

I just love the top of our neighbor's gazebo...pretty.

A single red cardinal

I felt bad that our birdfeeder was empty, so I threw several cupfuls of birdseed outside and it was soon a feeding frenzy.



Mason has been saying, "snow, snow" all day