~ PLAYING IN ALL THE SNOW ~

The kids had such a fun snow day yesterday and so did mommy :) The boys went out at 11am; and I finally got them in at 3pm for lunch, hot cocoa and cookies! Our 4th child had so much fun in the snow today

and had a fabulous nap afterwards :)
Such a weird concept: stepping UP ON TO your front lawn!

Mia started out going in the backyard with Eddie, but mommy had to "save" her because the snow was up to her thighs and she kept sinking! I then tried to take her into the front yard, but both gates would not open because of all the snow...I had to carry her through the house to get to the frontyard:

she learned crawling on the snow was better than her little legs sinking into the snow :)

You Go Girl!

Not much stops her :)

Ant and his friends worked SO hard on this fort...

not sure what they'll do now that it's done...

What a team!

Very busy!

"Mia! It's time to go in!"

"Mia!!!!"

"No mommy, I play snow!!"

~ SNOWED IN!!! ~

Well, the weather man was right! We woke up Sunday morning to 2 feet of snow ~ however, some of the snowdrifts are at least 3 feet ~ wow! We couldn't open our back door or front door because of the high drifts up against the doors ~ wow!

It is beautiful!

The scene out our front window

I opened the front door to this!
(It's a bad picture, but the snow drift is wild!)

This is Eddie trying to get out the garage!

He had to just jump into the snow drift

he loved it :)

Up to their thighs in snow and loving every minute :)

My very handsome helper!

Daddy worked extremely hard

thank goodness for snow blowers!

Penny was shocked, happy & excited!

Fun, fun, fun!

Anthony & his buddies

No one can say my kids are not dramatic :)

Mia stands on the walkway up to the front door!

Look at all this snow!!!

**We got a call last night that made the kids jump for joy:

"NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!"

~ A DAY WITH "PAIGEY" & 1ST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TEA ~

Mia's buddy, Meaghan had her 1st annual Christmas tea the other day. The invitation said to dress as your favorite princess and come join Meggie for a Christmas tea party! Oh it is fun, fun, fun having a girl :)

We had the honor of bringing Paige to the tea, so instead of day care, she came to my-care for the day! My kids were so excited to have Paige with us for the day; so much so that we even missed Eddie's bus because he was playing with her (we caught the bus in the back of the development!)

Let me share some of the extreme cuteness with you:

Paige is such a good girl - happy, playful and just a pleasure :) Mia had so much fun playing with her and being a little mommy to her - there were so many sweet moments:

My little Mia just looked huge to me! She really is growing up (she'll be 4 in February!) and seeing tiny Paige really put it in perspective.
So little Miss Paige fell asleep on my shoulder and woke up at 1:05pm and the party started at 1:30 . . . I fed her, dressed her and did her hair; and got Mia ready also ~ I'm not used to having two little ones, but I think they looked precious and we made it on time (5 minutes fashionably late :)

Snow White

Cinderella

Mia really wanted to fix Paige's hair

Paige did not :)

Very rushed photo

but, here they are!

As soon as we walked into Meggie's foyer, we saw a perfect tea party table! The mini table & chairs with all the tea cups and plates where perfectly set. We walked into the kitchen where the girls were making princess crowns and wands (chocolate covered pretzel sticks).

Meggie & Mia making princess crowns

Mia wanted to model her crown :)

All the princesses by the Christmas tree

precious!

Paige enjoys some bites of bread and sitting with the big girls

Paigey in her princess crown

Mia enjoys her teacup-cupcake

boy, Meggie's mommy worked so hard

and made a very special tea party :)

Mia really enjoyed the party. I was a bit worried she may be thrown off with me having to watch Paige, but she was such a big girl. She sat in her chair next to Meg and ate a bit and then played with the other girls by the play kitchen. We had to rush out to meet Anthony when he came home from school (sorry to those of you I didn't say good-bye too, the time flew and I dressed and rushed the two girls out the door!)

I found Mia like this on our livingroom chair.

All curled up in the sun like a little kitten :)

Mia didn't get to say good-bye to Paige, since she was still sleeping when Auntie Lisa came to pick her up. When she woke, the first thing she said was "where's Paigey??"

Thank you Auntie Lisa for entrusting us with your sweet girl for the day!

It was truly an honor ~

love you Paigey :)