Greetings from a winter wonderland! Wonderland here is defined as 2 1/2 days of Daddy off work, one inch of snow and many many many hours of playing Wii. :)
First, the big kids and I stuck it out as long as we could trying to shape "powder" into a ball for a snowman. I lost the kids one by one so we settled with the one pile we formed and made it a "snow head". I'm sure there are lifesavers and raisins in the yard that need to be picked up this morning.
Then it was in and out and in and out the back door for five minute spurts with it being so cold and cloth gloves getting soaked every trip. We did do some school (after all, we
are at home already!) but played alot of board games and Wii. Ellie had a great time with all the family around her. Here she is sneaking off with a Wii remote.
Then by a fire to "thaw out" we set up a little table for a dice game. Ellie crawled up to it and got herself sitting at just the right angle to be at the table!
"I can play too!"
Then we did a little painting.
And more of the dice game. This time Ellie let us know she was really trying to get her hands on the dice and fussed whenever we moved her away from reaching distance. So, she got her own dice. The best motor skills we've ever seen her do was watching her put the dice into this little cup we gave her!
She had so much fun, she was sooooo quiet! Ellie the high roller! Soon the casinos will start calling offering a private jet to fly her out and offer her free hotel stays to play at their tables.
