Snow Day

We got lots of snow today - it was actually a record setting blizzard! We enjoyed most of the day inside, but the boys went out for a few minutes in the afternoon just to say they were in snow this deep. Since the temperatures are so cold and the snow isn't going anywhere, we will be home again tomorrow!

Taking a break from shoveling the drive

In deep!

Wading through the backyard

Birthday Celebrations

Elizabeth's actual birthday was on a school day so she took brownie treats to share with her friends. The class enjoyed eating them and sang happy birthday to her as well. Mom took her home a little early that day to play and count down to her birthday dinner. Ben helped plan the birthday dinner with great reasoning. He and Elizabeth both like chicken nuggets. They should go to a place that gives out toys and wouldn't it be nice if that place also had crowns? We ended up agreeing to a celebration at Burger King as proposed by big brother. Grandma Lyn and Grandpa David were gracious enough to join us for this treat and the kids had a blast wearing their crowns, eating chicken nuggets and opening E's gifts.

The following Saturday we were able to celebrate with more family and a few special friends at a pink pony party at our house. Elizabeth handled the attention really well and really got into opening her gifts and singing "Happy Happy to Me". We were thankful to get to celebrate with so many important people in our lives and glad our "little filly" enjoyed her special day.

Benisms

Ben shocked us in the car the other day on the way to school with a memory verse. He heard a commercial for the John 3:16 mission and said, “Hey! I know that!” He then recited the verse John 3:16 and got everything down pat except for switching “begotten” to “forgotten”. Something to work on for sure, but what a pleasant surprise that the verse had stuck with him. (It was not something we were practicing at home.) Mom told him it was tucked in his heart forever now. That had to be explained immediately as Ben was concerned what exactly "tucked" meant in this sentence and what it did to his heart. Such a literal and logical little guy!

In bible class, they were discussing how God made animals and Ben announced that he knew a lot about animals because he was “part scientist”! He probably is part scientist because he also frequently announces at bedtime that he is now nocturnal (so he can stay awake all night). It is hard enough not to laugh, but even harder because his pronunciation is “nocjournal”. Too cute!

Mom picked up Ben from school the other day and he came out with some extra drawings he had made. Ben proceeded to share with Mom that he had also taken two crayons in his pocket. He explained that he took them because we didn’t have any like that at home. Mom was concerned that he just took the crayons like it was no big deal and explained that we would need to return them to the classroom and let his teachers know. Ben replied, “Don’t worry Mom! They were free!” At least he is budget conscious? We’ll have to work on that one. . .