Snow, Tooth, and Balloons

We got a lot of snow the day before yesterday - somewhere between 8 and 10 inches. I spent the better part of the day shoveling our walk way and helping 4 of our neighbors do the same. It started snowing Nov 30th and snowed all through the night and most of the next day. We built a snowman and half of an igloo (plus shoveled the walkways and driveways) before my back couldn't take any more. Jared was soaked from head to toe - but he had a lot of fun. The girls came out later than him and played for a couple hours. We all had fun!

They declared a snow day here yesterday so the kids didn't have to go to school. Most people couldn't even get down our street. I watched the neighbors (4 of them) struggle to move their truck from the driveway to the street corner - about 40 feet. It took them about a half hour. And on the news they said that just for the morning commute alone, yesterday, there were 45 accidents and slide offs. I'm so so very thankful I didn't have to drive anywhere yesterday and neither did Richard!!

Jared lost yet another tooth a couple days ago. We were brushing his teeth and brushed it right out. It flew out, landed on the floor and bounced into the hallway. Much excitement and joy followed this!

Emma is learning so many new words - her newest: Balloon...