Snow and Ice

Emma laying on the "mountain" after our street was plowed.


Jacob helping Daddy shovel the ice.

Jacob has not had school for two days. It is nice to have everyone home for a couple of days. Yesterday we got about 2 -3 inches of snow. The kids had a lot of fun out in it. They all enjoyed making snowballs and throwing them at each other. I am not a huge fan of snow so Daddy's job is to go out in the snow and I stay in and make the hot chocolate. This year I have an even better reason to stay in, Lucy. It stopped in the late afternoon and then in the evening started the freezing rain. We now have a layer of ice on top of all the snow. It is much better for sledding though.

Doctor Appointments

Yesterday Emma and Lucy had check ups at the doctors. Emma now weighs in a whopping 35lbs. She is also tall for her age, which we have learned over the years is par for the course with our children. She had to get 4 shots. We tried to prepare her as much as we could. We told her that it would hurt and that it is okay to cry but not to go crazy. She did really well. She only cried a little bit. And of course because she was crying mommy cried also (it is the hormones). Since she did so well they let her choose a toy from the treasure box plus mommy and daddy took her to get a slurpee. She is a healthy, happy, smart 4 year old.

Lucy weighed in at 8lbs 7oz. She is growing well. The jaundice in gone and the doctor is pleased with her development. She also got one shot. She only cried for a minute. She did not get a slurpee though. Lucy is starting to sleep a little bit better. She is a bit fussy because she wants to be held all the time but hopefully she will grow out of that soon because I do not have time to hold her all the time.

It is a challenge having four but a good challenge. We are slowly getting into our routine. It is nice though to have a day where we can all stay in our pj's and not have to go anywhere if we do not want to.

Finally a little snow

Jacob loves the snow and shoveling.
Emma is like mommy and is not a huge fan of snow but wanted to be outside in it with her brothers.

Seth really likes the snow but gets cold very quickly and wants to constantly go in and out, which as we all know is a huge pain when you are putting on and taking off snow clothes.

Yesterday we finally got a tiny bit of snow here. There was not even enough to cover the grass but that did not matter to the kids. When we got up, at about 7am, the kids saw the snow and immediately wanted to go outside. I had to feed Lucy and Sean was not home from work yet so I informed them that they would have to wait until daddy got home. Well, daddy was still not here so I finally got them all outfitted to go out at about 8am. None of them would go get socks and all of them have their PJ's on under their snow stuff. They were making snow angels and trying to make snowballs. Jacob shoveled the driveway so it was clear when daddy got home. Even though it was not a lot and it was gone by the afternoon, Jacob did not have to go to school and they all enjoyed it while it lasted.