Snow Day!

making the world a little more colorful

"What do you think of my art?"

Micah puts the finishing touches on his stars

The "tickle monster" strikes again!

Fun in the snow!

Working on a snowman

"What is this white stuff, mom?"

It's chilly!

Look out!

About to get pelted

The slide is so much more fun when it's covered with snow

Daddy explains the finer points of snowman making

"And that's why you don't eat the yellow snow, son."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a cute video of Jacob singing along to his favorite song...

We finally got some snow! (And we're supposed to get more tomorrow.) Unfortunately, it was on a Saturday so we didn't get a day off from work/school. But we had fun making a snowman, throwing snowballs and running around in the white stuff, at least until our hands got wet :-) There was only a couple of inches as you can see but hey, this is Arkansas, and around here, that's like an avalanche! The kids also got into the paint this week and both made some nice artwork to hang on their walls. Micah especially loves art; his latest career goal is to be an art teacher. Micah's pretty much over his cough/cold and passed it along to Dan, who is trying to get over it now. See, we are teaching them to share :-) This week I'm sure I'll have lots more photos to share of Valentine's Day parties (and maybe some more snow). Micah finished his Sparkies handbook in AWANA this week and is now on the review verses. He is still my little philosopher. This week he came out with this one:

M: Mom, everything is made up of ingredients. And God made the ingredients in the ingredients.
J: Um, like what do you mean, the ingredients in the...
M: I mean like wheat. God made that.
J: Oh, you mean like when we make bread we use flour and salt and water, etc., and the flour is made of wheat.
M: Yeah, and God made the first wheat. 
J: Yes, God made the "first" wheat, but people can grow it from seeds.

It used to be "Why?" and now he's added "How?"

He is still trying to understand the difference between man-made things, like houses, and natural things, like trees. He makes me a better writer, because I really have to think about all of the words I say and exactly what I want them to mean. And I have to find new ways of describing things, every day.