Snow Days Update

We've had a fun, long weekend with lots of snow. I think we got around 8 inches! It was great having Zach at home with us for several days in a row. Each night after Kinley went to bed Zach and I played card games. If you know our family, you know we love games, but Zach and I don't get the opportunity to play each other very often so that was a fun treat!

As I mentioned, we got about 8 inches of snow starting on Thursday. At first the dogs were less than amused at the amount of snow. They were having difficulty taking care of "business," but Jetta quickly got the hang of it and as LOVED it. Here she is in all her craziness! Covered in snow and happy about it!

Here's Randy the Razorback! He lives in our front landscaping.
Another angle of the front of our house

Kinley loves her chair and spent some time on Friday morning watching Dora or say she says "Dor". She is very fond of Dora these days and sings the theme song. I still haven't been able to catch it on video, but I will.

After a few days of being cooped up we decided to venture out. First stop, where else other than Walmart! We had fun just browsing the store. Here we are in the toy aisle. Kinley got some magnetic numbers for the fridge and Zach and I got Phase 10 cards. I'll got ahead a say I won every game we played! We aren't mentioning the score of canasta, though.

Kinley also found a " te beea" that she had to hug and kiss. We quickly said bye-bye to the bear before he made it into our cart!

Yesterday our church was canceled because of all the snow and ice. So we spent a little while playing in the snow. Kinley loved it! As soon as she walked out the door she wanted to pick up some snow....

and eat it!

And here's her expression after eating it! She kept saying "no toood" which is translated snow cold!

Zach worked so hard on building her a snowman, but the snow was so powdery it was quite difficult so the snowman was very sad looking! Ha! But Kinley was still proud of it

The snowman kept losing his mid-drift and head!

I will say that Kinley has quite a shoe collection for a 14 month old, thanks to a momma and grandmas who love shoes, BUT water/snow proof shoes aren't in the collection, YET. So I had to rig up something so that her feet wouldn't be wet as soon as she stepped in the snow.

Here's what I came up with..ziploc bags with duct tape to hold them on! Zach laughed so hard and called me a redneck! Ha! But it worked!!

Yesterday we ventured out again for more fun...pizza and a party!

Here's Kinley ready for "peace-a"

I tired not to take too many pictures in the restaurant and draw attention to our table, so I didn't get one with her smiling, but she did love the "peace-a" and "bed" which is bread sticks! And so did momma!

After pizza and a nap, we went to Ella's birthday party at The Little Gym. Ella is Kinley's friend from church. Kinley really had a great time. Here she is crawling on the mats.

And through the tunnel!

Here's Ella and her mommy, Amy, blowing out the candles

Kinley was ready for cake. I was a little concerned about eating with the fork, but she did great. After every bite of cake, Kinley would look at me and say "mmm...nummy". Of course she's a sweet lover in this family!!

I love Melissa and Doug toys. These are some stacking/nesting blocks I found at TJ Maxx several months ago. Kinley is really starting to enjoy them. She's finally mastered how to stack them by herself. We spent quite a while playing with these lately.

All in all we've had a fun time in the snow...wait who am I kidding, it's still here and will be for a while! Kinley's Mother's Day Out was canceled today which also entailed a hair appointment for me and lunch with a friend, but that's okay. Wouldn't rather spend my day with anyone else than Miss K....besides Zach of course!

Happy Monday everyone!