Hello King Winter

Winter has finally come to our little neck of the woods bringing with it breathtaking beauty.

It started snowing yesterday evening, with the snowflakes falling quite heavily and this morning we awoke to a little over 4 inches of snow on the ground :)

I could hear the squeals of delight from the family room as I lay all cozy in bed and I knew that I was going to have to officially designate today a snow day because there was no way that I was going to get the children to focus on school work with all that snow beckoning them to come out and play.



With their snowsuits on and their gloves cinched up tight they were all gone by 8:30. Not long after there was a knock on the family room window letting me know that they had made paths around the house to the chicken house, the woodshed and around the front yard :) The snow is so light and fluffy that they even shovelled half of the driveway and that is no small feat!

There were no snowmen built today because the snow refused to stick together but there was a whole lot of snow angels, sledding, snow eating and the occasional face plant *grin*. All I can say is BRRRR!!! The temperature was around -6 today and with the wind chill it was more like -15 making our little jaunt to the mail boxes down by the main road a little nippy so we really had to do some speed walking to get the old blood pumping and create some internal heat :)

More snow is forecasted for tomorrow so I can just imagine what filled their prayers tonight at bedtime *grin*.

Hugs,
Rosina

Plum Tree Racing ~ Outdoor Challenge Day 7

Hooray for another gorgeous day!!
As a treat for the kids today I popped them a giant kettle of popcorn to take outside to munch on. I must admit I had some serious doubts that anyone was going to actually get to eat some before it was dumped all over the ground as the kettle was swung from hand to hand, bounced, dropped and even sprinted with *grin*.

The row of Italian prune plum trees that are planted down in our bottom field by the pond are in full bloom right now and they smell amazing! If I could bottle that scent up I would :) Thousands of beautiful white blossoms, the sound of bumble bees buzzing and petals falling in your hair is such a spring thing.



Ever since the kids were really small we would get them to weave in and out of the trees slalom style and they don't need any prompting anymore. Any time they see a row of trees they all start weaving in and out single file like little ants *grin*. What made it extra hilarious today though was watching L with her braids flying out behind her and the kettle of popcorn swinging wildly in her hand. Yup, no one even thought to set the popcorn down before racing off! LOL.

So much fun :)

Do you have photos of your children enjoying the outdoors? Visit The Great Outdoors Challenge to join in the fun and you can also visit other participants and see what sort of nature fun they have been having by clicking on the names below :)

~ Rosina

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