Earning His Keep

Ben really does love to shovel. He was so proud of himself for shoveling a path for Monster on the deck. First he had to shovel a straight path then he had to do the connector to the door. He really did do a good job! He got an extra treat for all his hard work when I finally got him to come inside. 

Playing Catch With Monster - In the Snow

Lexi and Ben had fun playing catch with Monster in the backyard. 

Snow Soccer

You can still practice your soccer in the snow. 

Snow Time

The first round of snow started New Years eve and ended two days later. I took the boys outside on New Years day for some snow time. They had lots of fun shoveling, making snow angels, playing in the igloo and riding around the backyard on their sleds. 

They'll Sleep Good Tonight!

I'm not quite sure how it came about, but somehow Lexi ended up pulling both boys around the yard on the sled, and she was game for it. They all slept well that night after all the time outside!

A New Year's Eve Night of Fun

After the Noon-Year's eve party, we took some naps and then ended up having a little NYE party next door with Lexi and Austin! We are some serious party animals! haha! Again, the kids had sparkling cider in champagne flutes and played and played. The boys all hung until midnight! I think we all slept in until 8:30 the next morning. 

A Noon-Year's Eve Party

We celebrated a Noon-Year's Eve with Cameryn, Avery, Andrew, Matthew and Logan. The kids had fun playing for quite a while (breaking in the new Christmas presents) and then after lunch and cleaning up, they got some fun surprises. I picked up some sparkling cider, noise makers, champagne flutes and party poppers. The kids loved the little party favors. 

Retro is Always Better

And expanse of brand new toys and what do they play with - the 1984 toy computer.