After many days of below zero weather, I took the kids to see if the river had frozen over. I knew it probably was not, but was still hoping 🙂 The only time we have seen it completely frozen was in 2014.
Megan thought the ice was fascinating. She made a snow angel and admired how the river looked through the ice. Then she just sat quietly and watched the geese for awhile. I wonder her reaction if the river had been completely iced over.
Nora, my niece, came over to play today. It was the perfect weather for making snowmen.
This hawk has been scaring my smaller birds away. But isn’t he beautiful?
The kids often find new ways to all sled down together. Sometimes they race individually or as teams. As they grow bigger and stronger, they enjoy trying to go down all together also.
Finally catching up with some pictures I took over the holidays.
Just in case you are wondering, I occasionally go sledding also. I prefer NOT to go down with Megan. She is so light that we fly down the hill! I prefer much slower trips down.
It has started the same way for years. After sledding, Mark climbs to the top of the snow pile the plows made cleaning up the parking lot. Before long, one of the kids attacks him and a fight starts.
Eventually, someone makes it to the top and becomes the King (or Queen) of the Mountain!
Until the next time sledding….
We have been enjoying the many birds at our feeders the last few days.
The weather is supposed to be very cold this week. With the wind chill, most of the week it will feel like we have negative numbers.
We always celebrate our family Christmas after Christmas. We do not have a set day, but “Santa Claus” stops by sometime as he heads “out on his vacation”.
Last night, after opening our presents, we enjoyed finger foods, spiced apple cider the kids made and froze this fall and home made egg nog. We also watched old movies with a projector the kids pitched in and surprised us with.