Today we woke up to snow on
the ground. I had told Lily yesterday that it was supposed to snow and she was
so excited to play in it. Typically Jeff plays in the snow with them so I
wasn’t intending on it, but when Jeff left for work I felt like I should shovel
so he wouldn’t have to. We all got bundled up and shoveled the driveway and
sidewalk (we can get a ticket if it isn’t done within 24 hours). Lily started
shoveling the neighbor’s driveway, I think because they still had snow on it still
since I had already shoveled ours. We then headed out back and they kids had a
great time. Ryan just wanted to go to the fence and look out over the top. His
poor boots are horrible and kept falling off so his feet got cold, but he just
wanted to keep going. Lily tried to make several snow angels, but she doesn’t
like putting her head down on the snow so it’s just a snow angel from the waist
down. I had my snow pants and jacket from being a teenager in Utah and I’m so
happy to still have those around for occasions like this! I’m fine to be in the
snow as long as I’m warm. The funny thing about all this is that it was so
sunny today that the snow melted anyway. Here I was so proud of the fact that
we had done this nice service for Jeff and it was for naught. But it did get me outside with the kids and that made
their day, so it was worth it.
Ryan is getting
funnier to me every day. He wanted his pacifier in his mouth while I was
reading Brown Bear to him. I kept asking him to repeat and he didn’t take the
pacifier out until about a minute after I showed him the duck page and he pops
it out, says “duck” then pops it back in. He loves hiding under the pillow on
Lily’s bed or our bed or the couch. He loves sitting on the couch and reading
books with Jeff.
Since Jeff has been traveling
so much the kids crave spending time with him. Tonight when we got home I had a
few more errands to run but Lily absolutely begged to go home to see Daddy.
Ryan kept repeating “Dadeee” on the drive. Jeff was napping and not quite ready
for the onslaught of love and attention they gave him since they like to plop
on the bed next to him, or on top of him and poke at him. Their excitement is
having him home.
Jeff started a basketball rec
league with some guys at church. He has not been able to play much in the
mornings with church people, so he is very happy to have this to look forward
to on Thursday nights. He ended up being one of the high
scorers of the game and had a great time.
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