Snow Cave & Gingerbread House

A few days before we flew home, we went and bought snow boots for the kids.  The deciding factor was when Ballerina came in crying that her feet hurt from the cold.  She'd just stayed out too long in her rubber rain boots.  My mom and dad ran to the store the next day and came home with them.   I wish we'd bought them snow boots right as soon as we got there! They also got a snowsuit for Captain Adorable.  We tried it out and while it fit perfectly right now, we wanted one that would fit next winter as well.  So we tried to exchange this one after we tried it out, which is why it has the tags on in these pictures.

One of the days we took the kids out when it was snowing REALLY wet snow.  Handsome Husband took them sledding at a local park and their snowsuits were SOAKED.  Ballerina was really getting into sledding.  She even ran and slid down on her belly on her sled. My dad drove Captain Adorable and I over to join them, but we didn't last very long.  Wet snow is SOOOO cold!

Ballerina loves her new camera from Christmas.  

She loves it and talks about being a 'tographer like me.  Her little camera does video, so she was doing a video of Handsome Husband shoveling.

Captain Adorable just toddles around in the snow.

Handsome Husband loves to play in the snow and do cool things.  He made this snow cave that was big enough to fit two adults by the time he was finished.  The kids loved it.

Captain Adorable loved exploring.  He's by our little rental car.

This creature is a snow giraffe that Handsome Husband made with Ballerina pretty early on.  We were really surprised when the giraffe stayed together.  It froze and the kids could sit and "ride" on it for days after.

Later the girls helped me put together a gingerbread house. A very fun New Year's Eve activity.

Earlier that day I met up with a friend and took her family pictures.  It was SO cold!  But they were troopers.  Stefanie came with me to be my assistant and help me to get the kids to smile.  

We rang in the New Year by playing games.