Sunrise

Boy, am I sick of snow. And sub-zero temperatures. And being afraid to drive anywhere. BUT...

at least we get to see beautiful pictures out our back window like this! Sunrise in Shawnee, with light snow falling.

White Christmas

We dreamt of it...and got it. Our first white Christmas in Kansas. It is perfect. It started snowing late on the 24th, snowed all night, and mid-day on the 25th, this is the scene out my bedroom window (I'm not going out in it to take a picture; do I look crazy? Wind chill is below zero!). It's been a blissfully peaceful day so far.

Here are my happy, happy kids this morning:

Noodle got "a sweeper and diapers for her baby." Just like she told Santa she wanted. Last night, she tried to convince us that she had also told him that she wanted a pink dinosaur. A sneaky one, that Noodle. Alas, the sleigh was already packed.

Squash's favorite present was the 2008 Stratomatic Baseball game. It replaces his vintage 1988 version that Dad had been letting him play. He has the Phillies World Champion team now, and is so excited to memorize all their stats.

Merry Christmas to all, from snowy, snowy Kansas.

Snow Day!!

It SNOWED!!! On Noodle's birthday!!! Only a couple inches, and now we are paying for it in the form of single-digit temperatures, but still! It SNOWED!!!

The kids went sledding down the driveway for about 10 minutes, which was all their tender little faces could take, then came in and had cocoa. Perfect way to kick off winter here in Kansas. Here's hoping for many more snow days...with nice warm ones mixed in so that I don't have to drive on icy roads.