We got a little bit of snow last week. I don't enjoy being out in the snow, but I do think it is really pretty, so I snuck out to get the mail and took my camera along.
Violet was all set to go to sleep when she peeked out the window and discovered the snow, she went and got all her gear to go outside. She did a little better this time and got a real coat and her own shoes. Do you remember how much fun it was when you were a kid and it started snowing late at night or early in the morning. It didn't matter what you were supposed to be doing, everything got put on hold so you could go out and play. Some how snow has lost that magic as we have gotten older but I'm glad it is still so exciting for Violet and Claire. Claire had been in bed for a while so she slept right through the snow.
By Saturday all the snow was gone and we even got a break in the rain for a few hours in the morning so we took the girls out for a little walk. The girls liked riding in the stroller (it's been a while since they have gone for a ride) but after seeing a few doggies running around they wanted to get out and explore the trail. We went to the Western Chehalis trail. It was a nice walk, and great to get outside for a little while. We've hit that point in winter where we are inside most of the time and we are all getting a little bored! If we could afford it this year I would just pack us up and get on a plane to Houston to visit the Woods. Maybe next year...or maybe the next....or....
Here we are right before heading onto the trail. We have made a point of taking more of these little couple pictures because last year we took like 2 in 12 months. We have like 10,000 pictures of the kids and 2 of us.
Violet was sure she saw a fishy in this lake/swamp. I think maybe it was a salamander or something.
ooooh....A fishy. (sidenote: Violet has been doing Speech therapy these last few months and can I just say what an amazing thing that has been for our family! Violet is speaking so much more and her little personality is coming out and she is such a joyful part of our family. I highly recommend it for any kid struggling with their language development, it has been such a blessing for us and she is so happy, she loves her appointments with Allison!)
Claire wants to be just like Violet. Violet has started wearing underpants, so Claire wants to wear underpants (over her diaper of course) Violet wears a hat, Claire wants a hat, Violet jumps on the bed, Claire jumps on the bed. Violet wants to be held by mom, Claire wants to snuggle too (that is the best part of my day, an excuse to just snuggle up on the couch with my babies...I don't want them to ever grow up). Claire loves her sister so much and now that the girls are starting to play more together they have been plotting against me and making huge messes (I am now starting to baby proof more....maybe I will share a few secrets I've learned about that later) and it has become more difficult to get Claire to nap because Violet starts to miss Claire after about one 20 minute cartoon and starts to beg me to go wake her up. Claire still likes to take about a 2 hour nap, so I have to spend nap time distracting Violet so Claire can sleep. It is so sweet. These girlies are so fun.
We got a little bit of snow last week. I don't enjoy being out in the snow, but I do think it is really pretty, so I snuck out to get the mail and took my camera along.
Violet was all set to go to sleep when she peeked out the window and discovered the snow, she went and got all her gear to go outside. She did a little better this time and got a real coat and her own shoes. Do you remember how much fun it was when you were a kid and it started snowing late at night or early in the morning. It didn't matter what you were supposed to be doing, everything got put on hold so you could go out and play. Some how snow has lost that magic as we have gotten older but I'm glad it is still so exciting for Violet and Claire. Claire had been in bed for a while so she slept right through the snow.
By Saturday all the snow was gone and we even got a break in the rain for a few hours in the morning so we took the girls out for a little walk. The girls liked riding in the stroller (it's been a while since they have gone for a ride) but after seeing a few doggies running around they wanted to get out and explore the trail. We went to the Western Chehalis trail. It was a nice walk, and great to get outside for a little while. We've hit that point in winter where we are inside most of the time and we are all getting a little bored! If we could afford it this year I would just pack us up and get on a plane to Houston to visit the Woods. Maybe next year...or maybe the next....or....
Here we are right before heading onto the trail. We have made a point of taking more of these little couple pictures because last year we took like 2 in 12 months. We have like 10,000 pictures of the kids and 2 of us.
Violet was sure she saw a fishy in this lake/swamp. I think maybe it was a salamander or something.
ooooh....A fishy. (sidenote: Violet has been doing Speech therapy these last few months and can I just say what an amazing thing that has been for our family! Violet is speaking so much more and her little personality is coming out and she is such a joyful part of our family. I highly recommend it for any kid struggling with their language development, it has been such a blessing for us and she is so happy, she loves her appointments with Allison!) 
Claire wants to be just like Violet. Violet has started wearing underpants, so Claire wants to wear underpants (over her diaper of course) Violet wears a hat, Claire wants a hat, Violet jumps on the bed, Claire jumps on the bed. Violet wants to be held by mom, Claire wants to snuggle too (that is the best part of my day, an excuse to just snuggle up on the couch with my babies...I don't want them to ever grow up). Claire loves her sister so much and now that the girls are starting to play more together they have been plotting against me and making huge messes (I am now starting to baby proof more....maybe I will share a few secrets I've learned about that later) and it has become more difficult to get Claire to nap because Violet starts to miss Claire after about one 20 minute cartoon and starts to beg me to go wake her up. Claire still likes to take about a 2 hour nap, so I have to spend nap time distracting Violet so Claire can sleep. It is so sweet. These girlies are so fun.
2 comments:
That's awesome! Looks like you guys had a fun walk. I totally agree on the speech therapy thing, Gavin when he was 3 still wasn't really talking so I had him tested and put into preschool through the state and it has made such a WORLD of difference! He will hopefully be totally caught up to the other children his age by the time he gets to kindergarten and it's all thanks to the hard work of his teachers. I thank heavenly father every day that we have them.
Looks like a lot of fun! I miss the snow not that we every got a ton, but it was always fun to run out in that first time--bare feet of course. We are open to any visitors. . . we just got back from the park. . .
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