Snow Fun

So as I said in my last post, Friday was a fun day. We haven't played in the snow in awhile...partially because this winter has been unseasonably warm for Garrett county and they haven't gotten much snow....so we decided to get out there for a little while Friday. When we first got out, Daniel discovered some sort of animal foot-prints...

I couldn't get a good pic of the actual track, but I'm guessing a rabbit maybe?

Anyway....one of the things we wanted to do was get the kids' power wheels out and let them ride them in the snow. Austin got his lawn mower right before we moved here so he had never ridden it before. (For those of you who don't know, Jason's parents have always made a little deal with the all the grandkids that when they potty train they will buy them a power wheel). So here is little Austin riding his lawn mower...

And Lily on her jeep...

And Daniel...and his cool new warm face mask...on his truck....

Fun fact: Power wheels don't work on snow. So before you spend a bunch of time putting one together, and lugging all 3 up your basement stairs so the kids can ride them...just know that. Honestly, I have no idea why we thought they would considering our mini-van had a hard time on the snow and ice before we got new tires....however the old tires were at least real and not plastic. Mini-brain freeze I guess. Anyway...lesson learned.

Jason decided to take a few piecesof wood out of our enormous stack to build a little fire for us to stand by and warm ourselves...I know...he's the best...

Not the prettiest of fires, but it was still snowing, and it served it's purpose. Lily enjoyed it...

Then the kids thought it would be really funny to throw snow balls at me...

But little Austin couldn't make it over to throw it at me without eating it first...

And then Lily caught on to that...

My kids LOVE to eat snow.

Finally we rounded out the afternoon with some good ole sled-riding. Daddy decided to make one trip down with all 3 kiddos...

We had a lot of fun out there. And the kids lasted longer than usual. We of course came in and drank lots of yummy hot chocolate. All in all, a really fun time! Well, on to the tasks of the day! Happy Valentine's Day!!