Cold Outdoor Fun

 

With two boys in the house, if it's above freezing outside we usually bundle up at and burn some energy outside.  Being from Wisconsin you would think I could take the chilly temperatures outside, but I hate the cold! 

 

Before you think that I neglected to put mittens on my children's hands, I have to say that I have made countless attempts.  My children will not wear gloves, and they usually take off their hats after being outside a few minutes. 

 

Notice the static hair. Micah loves to roll around on the trampoline and shock you. He says, "I get shocks"

 

Jumping on the trampoline!

 

 

Everything is Pink!

 

Micah loves to pick a "color of the week" and say that everything is that color.  This video is from his pink days.  Currently he is on orange and blue.  Last week I put together bags of toys that were the same color to help him sort out his color identification problem.  No luck yet

Micah "Shaving"

 

Micah loves to spend some time every day "shaving" at the sink just like daddy.  Love how he carefully puts the water on his cheek.

A Snowy Christmas in Wisconsin

 

We spent this Christmas in Wisconsin.  It's been 3 winters since we have been up there, and the cold was shocking!  I forgot how cold it really is.  We have some cold days here in Nashville, but there isn't snow all around and it is not the same bitter cold.  We took Isaac and Micah outside to see the barn and snow.  Both Isaac and Micah fell into a snow bank within a couple minutes of being outside, touched the snow with their hands and started wailing.  Not quite as exciting up close.  We had a great time seeing family and friends though and got to do some fun things with the kids.  Micah's Christmas break highlights were all the cool cars and trucks he got, drinking grandpa's chocolate milk, and seeing the big red barn.  Isaac enjoyed Kristin's "puppy dogs" as he called them, getting a stretchy tunnel thing for Christmas, and seeing the tigers at the zoo.

 

We braved the cold for an adventure at the zoo

 

Snow pants!

 

My sisters and Aunt Nancy took a painting class downtown.  It was a lot of fun!