Snow Day

This morning came early! We were all up and at 'em at 6:00am. By 8:00am I had already studied my scriptures, fed everyone breakfast, seen Daddy off to work, dressed and smooched all of the children, cleaned rooms, made beds and said morning prayers. I have a feeling this time change will work in our favor as far as productivity goes. Before the sun was even up, Hyrum was asking to go out and play in the snow. I convinced him to wait until Mr. sun woke up for the day and warmed things up a tad. I also had to find all of our snow gear in the garage and figure out something for Joe. 

As soon as they were out the door they were rolling around in the snow and having a blast together. It's always nice to get out of the house! I pulled out the sled and we walked down the alley to get the mail. I think that may have been Joseph's favorite part of the whole morning.

 

The snow totally seemed interesting and fun, as long as he was on his feet. The poor little guy was so bundled up that he somewhat resembled a marshmallow and had a hard time moving around. 

 

Though it is snow covered, he still made his way over to the garden, his favorite spot in the whole yard. He practised climbing up and down with his limited mobility, and was quite serious about it too!

 

Once he got up he would hang out for a while. It looks like I need to make him a new hat. That hand-me-down of Hyrum's just isn't going to cut it for the winter!

 

He and I went in before the other two because his little cheeks were cold. I think his second favorite part of the morning was eating the snow. He sure is sweet all bundled up!

 

Joe has been a super funny kid lately. I just love his little personality! He will often give me cute looks like this one all throughout the day. That look means trouble I tell ya!

 

I was cleaning out the coat closet this afternoon and came across Hyrum's Halloween costume from last year. He was quite excited to put it on. He became "SUPER HYMUM" and ran around tidying up the main floor. Then Joe woke up from his nap and things weren't so super anymore. Joseph enjoyed being pulled around for the first  few minutes, but it got old fast.

 

This is a good snapshot of how the rest of our afternoon went. When everyone woke up from naps I scrambled to find something to put together for dinner. I've been saving up grocery shopping for 10% day tomorrow, because the sales are awesome and we always end up saving a lot of money when I plan it right! Now I get to prep myself for early morning shopping with these crazies tomorrow! So much work, but seriously, these kids are such a JOY!