Category: Children

Love my littlest princess with “puppy dog ears” and messy bangs!  She was trying to help do dishes this morning.  She did not get many dishes done, but she had fun trying.

This morning was a beautiful morning to get out for a walk!

We finally got some snow! We woke up Saturday to a few inches and it snowed on and off all weekend. It is a very light snow, so we can’t make snowmen or forts with it.  It is pretty and we will probably be able to go sledding soon.

The kids and I went outside to play and I asked Andrea to pose for an idea that I had. It turned out okay, but not what I was hoping for.  My favorite picture is the one with Andrea holding the sled watching Mark and Megan play.

When she was done posing, she enjoyed taking Megan for a walk in Grandpa’s fishing sled.  Daddy gave it to us just recently, so I am glad we could play with it.

It was not raining as much as yesterday, but still chilly and damp.  I sent a few of the kids outside to do a quick errand for me just before lunch.  I thought that Megan was inside with Mark.

I soon realized that Megan was outside.  She had put on her boots and was standing by our huge Maple Tree in the backyard. When I went to get her because she was not wearing a coat,  I realized that she had discovered how to remove the hose we use to collect sap, and was drinking the sap from it.

I found shoes and my camera to catch her in the act. She would check how much sap was in the bucket, and then drink the sap giggling every so often.  She only stopped because she was shivering. She knew how to put the hose back into the bucket, though she had a little trouble putting the tinfoil cover over that.  I think she discovered something she really likes.

We won’t collect much more sap this week.  After dropping 30 degrees today, the temperature won’t be good for collecting sap again until late next week. We collected 5 gallons of sap so far, so we are off to a good start.

 

All of the snow melted and the weather was damp, but warm. The girls decided that the puddles we found needed to be splashed in.  They played in the water until they were both cold and sopping wet!

The weather has been very mild this year, so even though the snow is not very deep, we thought we would try sledding.  The hills were hardly used with very little soft snow so the kids had  trouble getting their sleds to go very fast. Megan learned very quickly to make the ride “scarier” by screaming the whole way down. Everyone enjoyed getting outside, though it was a “tame” day at the sledding hills.