my little snow angel

The first time it snowed this winter she took one step out onto the deck and turned back into the house with the first crunch of snow under her feet!  As the winter has gone on, and the snow has continued to fall, she has gotten a bit braver each time, until the other day when she called me outside to see her very first snow angel!  I sure do love this girl :)

more snow day fun :)

snow day

We woke up yesterday morning to this (some areas near us had 10 inches!)

We started off our snow day with donuts...

yummy :)

Then bundled up to head outside.  Emmy was fine, as long as I did not set her down - if I did, this was the result :(

Sled rides from Max - Emmy didn't cry for this.

In case you are wondering where I got a 7th child from, this is a neighbors little girl.  She stays with us when her mom has duty on the ship.

Addie chillin' in the sled while I pull and try and take photos over my shoulder.

Homemade play dough!  I have not made this since Regan and Micah were little, but on a pre-storm grocery trip I decided we needed some extra entertainment for the next few days.

As predicted, here the kids are making their own sledding hill (The saddest part about 7 inches of snow in our neighborhood is the lack of hills for sledding)

Another make-shift sledding hill :)

The littlest ones just watched in the afternoon. 

Schools (and almost everything else) are closed again today, and I image Friday too (We don't know what to do with a little snow here in southern Virginia let alone 6+ inches!)  That should mean a very productive few days at home, right?