Starting off with **SNOW**

It started to snow Christmas Day, and there has been snow on the ground ever since!! We haven't had a winter like this in ages and the kids are LOVING IT!! The first big snow storm, they didn't get a snow-day from school because the roads were clear. While they were at school hoping the snow doesn't melt, Archie and I were at home having playdates!!

Archie's just getting to the age where playdates are actually accomplishing something. He is also just starting to like bubbles, which I love. Elliott was good enough to teach him the word "MINE!!" last week; thanks a lot Elliott. So, now we are working on sharing. It's been fun.

Luckily, when they got home, the snow was still there. Lucy went sledding on a nearby hill with her friend, Lauren.

Then we had nice 40 degree weather, and it almost melted away. But, that night, it froze and snowed a few more inches: SNOWDAY!!

How do we celebrate snow days at our house? I'll show you:

Elliott got his cavities filled at the dentist and then got a haircut with Dad, I was on the couch all day with a stomach bug that Mike shared with me, but it wasn't all so dreary...

(by the way, Elliott was a total champ. This was his first cavity, and he did GREAT!!)

The kids DID get to play in the snow. We haven't had a snowman yet this year, but Elliott made a pretty sweet snow cave, and they both painted in the snow with colored water

And of course there was lots of shoveling.

Even Archie got to play, until his hands turned purple and we decided he'd had enough and we dragged him kicking and screaming back into the house...poor guy, its not easy being 1.

Then Dad took the kids for frozen yogurt (crazy, I know, but they earned it by being a superstar at the dentist, and Lucy being the world's best little helper while Mom was sick) and sledding again. 

Meanwhile, Archie couldn't get enough of his Lightning McQueen wellies. Its his new love.

The verdict is in: the Hynes Family is LOVING THE SNOW!!! Keep it coming mother nature!