Big, Beautiful {Paper} Snowflakes! {Tutorial}

No real snow around here yet, so the boys and I spent the morning making different kinds of paper snowflakes! We did some of your basic fold-and-cut variety, but then I decided to get a little craftier. My friend Donna made some beautiful snowflakes for a MOPS...

January Hopscotch

No, there is not anything special about January Hopscotch – just the fact that we were actually playing hopscotch in January! The groundhog will be making his “prediction” today, but our forecast says snow is supposed to be coming this weekend, so we...

Oh, the Weather Outside… {Part 2}

Remember that 68-degree, record-breaking day I mentioned yesterday? That was Thursday. January 5th. In Nebraska. Just making sure everyone understands the facts. After we were done with school for the day, the whole family headed out on a golf cart to watch the hubby...

Oh, the Weather Outside… {Part 1}

January in Nebraska would normally justify the singing of “Let It Snow.” Yesterday, the high was 68. Highs have been in the uppers 40s, 50s, and even 60s for weeks now and we are taking full advantage of the DELIGHTFUL weather! This was a little outing the...

We Want Snow!

I came downstairs earlier this week, as temperatures reached into the 50s and we had lots of RAIN, to two boys looking longingly out the window and repeating over and over again… “WE WANT SNOW! WE WANT SNOW!” It seems so weird to be missing the the...

What a Snowy Day Looks Like Around Here…

Watching the snow… The beginning of what the hubby has deemed “Winter 2011 Reorganization Festival” {in other words we’re going to be having a baby AND moving in the spring so we need to start cleaning out now}… Playing around with camera...