Winter Finally Arrived (and subsequently left)

On Tuesday the kids had their first snow and boy were they ever pumped!  They helped Daddy dig out in their pajamas and ran straight inside to throw snow pants on top off their pajamas.

Carter has gotten really good at snowboarding down the hill in our back yard.

I found snow paint for the kids, and Ava adored it.

We even tried making an igloo with snow bricks but it's a lot harder than it looks.  We ended up with three walls, no roof.

This year is amazing!  The kids are getting so wonderfully capable.  Everyone is able to put on all their own snow gear and they stay outside for so long.  I remember when they were all toddlers it was take me twice as long to get everyone dressed and undressed as they would want to stay outside to play.

These two pictures were taken earlier in the week when we got a small snowfall.  The bigger kids were at school while Dawson and I went sledding and built a snowman.  Sledding with this kid is a riot!  He is such an adrenaline junkie.  I sled with him a few times but the dog would freak out about me going down the hill and run over to me on the sled to make sure I was ok.  Dawson got tired of me and the dog slowing him down so he went at it alone.  This kid flies across the yard and crashes into the house.  They he laughs and screams in joy and runs up the hill again.

I will miss my little buddy in August!  And also, I really love these little animal winter hats.  This is probably the last year Dawson will willingly wear one, but I think they are so precious!