Felix's Birthday {Four Years Old}

Felix is 4! We had a fun birthday celebration. On Felix's birthday I went to school with him. He had an exciting day at school.

First, he got to share all the things that he and Share Bear had been doing over the last week.

Then Felix got to put on his birthday crown and share treats with the class.

Finally, I was the Royal Reader, and Felix and I shared one of his favorite books with the class (and Felix got to wear two crowns).

That night we had a little family party with presents and cake.

Beckett happened to have crazy-hair day on Beckett's birthday, so he was sporting his crazy 'do for Felix's party.

Felix specially asked for this whoopee cushion and a pair of handcuffs. Beckett was thrilled to go buy them from the store for Felix and then handcuff him after the presents were opened.

We had a Darth Vader / Dark Side themed party because Felix loved Darth Vader. Seriously. He goes around telling people that Darth Vader is his favorite character. I made a Death Star cake and decorated it with some Star Wars action figures. I think it turned out pretty cute.

Happy Birthday Felix!

All the Snow Days {2016}

We didn't get as many snow storms this year as we did in 2015, but the mammoth dump we got on January 22nd and 23rd kind of evened things out.

It felt like it took forever for winter to come this year. December was really warm, and we didn't wear coats for most of the month.

After all that warm weather we were excited to see some flakes on January 17th. They didn't last for long, but I was able to try out my new camera lens before everything melted away.




Then came the big one. On Friday January 22nd it started snowing. It snowed all afternoon, all night, and all the next day. We ended up with about 24" of snow.

On Friday night we turned on the Christmas lights for one last snowy hoorah.

On Saturday we ventured out a bit during the storm.

And on Sunday we had a snowy new world. It was fun to venture out in the snow on Sunday. The whole neighborhood was out shoveling and playing. Many thanks to our neighbor who used his snowblower to clear our driveway and sidewalks. Nate was still recovering from his broken rib at this point. One of our neighbors took a bunch of pictures of the boys for us. Their daughter often babysits our kids, so she came over later to watch them and we all hung out at their house.

The cleared sidewalks give you a good idea of how deep the snow was.

Felix and I enjoyed sledding. (Beckett joined in for a while, but he kept crashing and falling off the sled, and he didn't have much patience for that.) Felix could have sledded down that hill all day. It was hard to convince him that it was my turn.

That crazy huge snow storm basically gave us a second winter break. School was cancelled for six full days. Our road got cleared pretty early (on Monday), so the boys and I spent the rest of the week playing with friends. We are now paying for the time off with a school year that has been extended to June 17th! 

We had one more biggish snow storm this year. We got a fair amount of snow over President's Day weekend. I think the boys actually enjoyed this storm a little bit more than the huge one. They could actually walk through this snow!

Happy Snow Day!