Wordless Wednesday

Feels like 10* and my kids were outside playing with the ice!

Tesla was feeling very snuggly and needy!

Carter wanted to sit in my lap to read.

We were all in the kitchen and then I turned around and Elise was gone. I found here in the living room.

She fell asleep while I was in the shower.

My snuggle bug!

Snuggle and reading time!

Elise reading with Puppy.

The kids got a little 24 hour tummy bug and brought sleeping bags in to relax on the couch.

Carter set up a craft club and came up with an idea for a craft to make. He called to invite Oma and Opa and told them what materials they would need for it just like his art teacher does. It was so cute!

Craft club!

Lil Cutie helping me model my new Valentine's Day nails.

We were stir crazy and decided to get out for a walk. It was pretty icy!

Carter helping Elise with her Raz-Kids.

Carter's art work from art class.

Carter was desperate to sled so he tried to sled on the tiny bit of snow we got.

Tesla helping Elise with her PE class.

Carter was on a Zoom with his friends and let Elise join in.

Icy conditions at the paved running trails.

Elise wanted to get a picture of her special waffle.

Snowy run in the coldest weather I'd ever run in, 5* and feels like -13*.

Walking to go sledding in sub-0 feels like temps!

Snow drift while walking to sled.

Ty made special Valentine's Day cookies for us.

Cherry pie cookies Ty made for us.

Ty made the kids wooden hearts for Valentine's Day.

Hugs on Valentine's Day!

The amount of snow we got initially.

The kids blowing bubbles to watch them freeze.

Playing outside in insanely cold temps. Feels like -20*!

Elise wanted to make doughnuts for the hamsters for Valentine's Day.

Paved trails plowed on my run, I was so pleased after the 2 mile trek there in deep and terrible snow!

My tracks while running through some of the snow.

Stepped in a snow drift and got a picture for the kids.

The coldest weather I'd ever run in (hopefully this record stays), -2* feels like -18*.

Took Tes on a short walk after my run.

Walking to go sledding again. The kids carried their own sleds for part of the way.

Elise's friend called her and invited her to a "princess party".

They all dressed up and Elise showed off her Elsa dress and boots.

No school so the kids wanted to sleep together.

We've been having a blast playing Don't Break the Ice.

We decided to leave the lights off to conserve electricity so I found the kids reading like this!

Walking to a hill by our house to sled.

Elise was too tired to walk back home so Carter pulled her in the sled for part of the way until he got tired and I took over.

Hot chocolate and tea party after sledding.

We thought it would be fun to keep the lights off and eat dinner by candle light.

So much time spent playing Legos!

Every day at lunch when Ty comes home, Carter sits with him, even if he's not hungry, and tells him stories.

Funny Stuff the Kids Say

I've been trying to upload photos to the blog for Wordless Wednesday for days and cannot get them to upload. Something is wrong with my NEW computer where it is constantly kicking me off the internet so I think that's the issue. Once we get that fixed, I hope to get the pictures up. Hopefully I'll be able to just do a double Wordless Wednesday this coming week! Until then, enjoy the funny things the kids have said lately.

My phone was ringing and I looked at my watch and then ignored it.
Carter: Who is it?
Me: It says Spam Risk.
Elise: Do you know Spam?

Elise: Remember on Christmas Eve when Carter was scared to sing with me?

Carter: We shall never talk of that again!

Elise: Tesla, I'm gonna kick you in the weasel! Mommy, what's a weasel, like a private?

Me: No, it's an animal and something you call someone when they're being sneaky or naughty.

Elise: What is the private one?

Me: Do you mean weiner?

Carter: Dragons are now my favorite mythical creature.

Elise: Wait, dragons aren't real?!

Carter: No, they're not real. You thought they were?

Elise: Yeah, so they aren't real?

Carter: No. That's funny you thought they were real. It's like how Uncie Taco thought narwhals were fake. How did Uncie Taco thinking narwhals weren't real turn into them being his favorite animal?

"Why do I not have such cute eyes but then in a Zoom Meeting I have such cute eyes?" -Elise

"Everything got cold out there! My privates, inside of my nose, my legs. Everything. EVERYTHING!" -Elise, after playing outside in 9* feels like temperature

"I do not like being sick. When I was sick I almost slapped my face because I hated being sick so much!" -Elise

Elise: How big are hadas? Elise's letter of the week was Hh and hadas are fairies in Spanish.

Me: Usually they are really small in stories, but they're not real. They are just pretend.

Elise: Then who takes our teeth?

Whoopsie on my part, haha!