My Midnight Surprise

You know when your laying in bed and you are in the middle of a very deep sleep, but something keeps nagging at you, trying to wake you up? Well that was me last night, it was about 12:30 and I thought I heard one of the kids calling, it wasn't a panicked call so it didn't rouse me right away, it was a soft call. So, I am in the process of getting awake, listening to hear if what I heard the first time was really what I heard, when I hear footsteps run across the catwalk. Huh? Footsteps? Its 12:30, the kids can't be up can they? Its time to venture upstairs and see what I am hearing...sure enough, not one, but both boys are up watching TV!

"What are you guys doing up? Its 12:30, its not time to be up!"

Tyler, "But mom, we got all our sleep!"

"I don't think so...its time to go back to bed, you still have 5 hours to sleep!"

I couldn't believe it...Tyler, who is impossible to wake up, and Tanner were up at MIDNIGHT! What is going on with you boys?

So, I tuck them both back into bed and go back to bed myself, wondering what am I going to do if this continues?

Tylers Turn

Today was Tylers turn to quote something from TV and to talk about my cooking! I had made brownies the other day and after lunch today, Tyler wanted one. As I was getting it out of the pan it broke. When I gave it to him I told him sorry that it broke. He said, "You should get one of those Perfect Brownie Pans, it makes perfect brownies every time!" Very funny Tyler!

Grammie and Grandpa Came Out to Play

Our 6.5 inches of snow has been sticking around for days and although we haven't ventured out of the house, others have. Others, including Grammie and Grandpa! I called them to see what they were doing and invited them over to play. Although they weren't really dressed for playing we all went out to play in the massive amount of snow that was still on the ground. Grammie tried to throw snow balls, but because this snow was so dry, she just threw snow.

Grandpa took the boys on a sled ride around the back yard.
Uh oh....I think you lost one!

WIPE OUT!

Attack!!!

Looking for the next victim...

Time to go sledding... Grandpa, you didn't make it very far!

One, two, three...go!

Grammie...I don't think that is how your suppose to sled!

Ready to go.

Coming back up.

Mommies turn to sled...mommy was the best, she was able to make it the furthest.

Grandpa and Tanner.

Daddy and Tapanga.

Ready, set, go!

Grammie's under attack!

Thanks Grammie and Grandpa for coming to play with us, we had a good time and hope you did also!

Our Tennessee Blizzard

We got the call Thursday evening that schools would be closed on Friday for the expected Winter storm that was coming our way. When we got up Friday, you wouldn't know that in just a few short hours we would get snow! It started about noon and before going to bed this was the scene.

When we awoke Saturday morning we had about 6 inches of snow on the ground, we haven't gotten that much in a while!

I had heard many people talk about snow cream, so I decided to try and make some. Get some fresh snow, vanilla, milk, and sugar, mix it up and you have snow cream! The kids, of course, had to help!

What a yummy treat to start our day off with! After enjoying in the snow cream, we got ready for our venture outside!

I don't think the kids, really expected this much snow! It was a nice light, fluffy powder, not very good snow for snowman making or snowball fighting!
Tapanga struggled moving around in the snow piles!

We had to measure and it looks like a little more than 6 inches!
Snow angel making time...Tanner and his angel...

Tyler and his angel....

Tapanga and her angel...

We thought we would be able to sled down the hill by the house, but we weren't able to really get going...Thomas tried, but every time he pushed the kids he ended up falling into the snow himself. The kids enjoyed their little bit of a ride though! What a great picture of Tanner throwing and getting Tyler with a snow ball! Tyler got Tanner back by tackling him into the snow! Tapanga had a great time playing in the snow!

Tanner aiming at me!

The lens of my camera had a bit of snow on it, causing the blur in the corner, but I thought what a cute picture of Tanner and Tyler snow covered walking together.

The snow came in blowing, covering our front porch, but what a pretty picture.

The snow drift against the house was fun to play in for Tyler.Three happy children, freezing their tales off!

After playing in the snow, time to warm up by the fire!

Tyler wasn't ready to come in with Tanner, Tapanga, and I so he stayed out and helped daddy with the porch!

What a nice treat this snow was! Its nice to be able to enjoy every once and awhile and because we live in Tennessee, we don't get snow falls like this often. Which helps us to enjoy it when we do. And luckily, it fell on a weekend, which means we shouldn't lose to many days of school from this...maybe one more? I will enjoy what we get, no matter what!