SLEDDING! :)

So the weather folks weren't kiddin' when they told us we'd get snow last night. I woke up this morning to let the pups out, and this is what we had:

goooood morning! 

yes, that's right. 10 inches on the patio table!

just in case ya didn't believe me... haha

Haha. So much for the light flurries we've had up to this point! I know I'm not alone in that I was pretty excited to see this much snow on the ground; I am pretty sure it's because we didn't have to go anywhere, and had the day at our leisure.

I whipped up scrambled eggs while Rob took care of the turkey bacon... topped it off with some fruit & toast and we were all set. The boys bundled up and headed out in search of sleds - it's funny because we did the exact same thing last year when Jesse came to visit. We wound up that time building a fort and a snowman in the front yard, which worked out just fine. This year though, we were determined to do some sledding.

They did their duty of hunting down some sleds, and before long, we were out the door and off to Stanbery Park just down the road. The place was packed with others who'd had the same idea, so we joined in and indulged our inner child as Sydni led the way.

before & after :) haha

love this girl! 

The guys thoroughly enjoyed themselves, too!

And then Sydni and I took a few runs:


This is the first time Rob & I have gone sledding together. I was reminded today that you are never too old for some good old fashioned sled-riding. Amen?!

And you're never too old to make snow angels, either! ♥

snow angels with the mini 

Sydni was a champ today, taking on the big hill by herself at least three times once she got comfortable in the sled. Jesse & Rob of course had a snowball fight and we eventually managed a group photo.

had a blast! 

We made a quick stop at the store for some chicken noodle soup ingredients, and before we made it home, we had a sleeper on our hands ;)

zonked!

What a blast we've had so far today! We're home now, bellies full, sledding completed, and three rambunctious pups to go along with the energy Syd brings to the table. It's a mad house in here, and I don't know that I'd have it any other way.

What an awesome Saturday!

xo | cmd 

Snow Day Saturday

Saturday morning met us with tons.. and tons.. of snow. FINALLY!
- What? How is she excited about this snow?!
Well, let me re-phrase that. I'm not particularly excited to have been hit with another knockout from Mother Nature, but, Sydni is here and today marked the first weekend that we've been able to get out and play together in the snow at our new house! We were suuuper pumped up about that.

But first.. breakfast, which ended with a last minute adventure to try and find sleds. We knew there was outdoor fun to be had today, but weren't exactly sure of what kind. When we couldn't find a sled, we settled on some plastic snow brick molds and headed home.

And the afternoon went like this: 

loved seeing her and her two helpers [not to be confused as any other way]

Sydni became a building contractor today. Who knew?


hands-on management approach
"mommy, stop taking pictures and work!"

The three adults busied ourselves with building the foundation for an igloo, only realizing halfway up the walls that we hadn't angled any of it, so putting on a roof likely wouldn't happen. Instead, we shoveld the yard up into piles around the outer base and turned it into a fort.


jesse & sydni - snow fort building!

Before long..

captain sydni! of the snow fort..
... & her "prisoners"

With our snow fort complete, we decided to build a guard for the property. Ya know, because you can never have too much home security, right?

i again appear to be doing nothing productive.. :/ haha

Rob's enthusiastic response to being drilled by Jesse with a snow block the size of a bucket...

yay, winter! ;)

We constructed our snowman using rubber tubs and buckets; today's snow was more powder than anything else and rolling a ball was just not happening. So we improvised, and then shaved them into spheres [sort of]. In the absence of the traditional carrot and coal, they entrusted me with spray paint to give our snow guy some features.

my job of decorating the snowman

Ok, so he looked a little creepy. That's what happens when you let me do things like this. Haha.

meet our 1-dimensionally-decorated snowman.. haha

Sydni agreed apparently, because within seconds of spotting him, she rubbed off all the spray paint that she could, leaving only the eyes and some grayish colored snow shavings. She named him Olaf [from Frozen]; we topped him off with a hat & scarf.. and he became our yard's new mascot.

jesse & me with syd & olaf!

We have no clue how much time we actually spent outside, but within 20 minutes of going back inside, Sydni and the dogs were both down for the count and napping away.

sweet dreams, meatball ♥

Fast forward through naptime to our second wind, which was visiting Kalyn at work down at Main Street.

main street!

Today's been one of the best Saturday's we've had in a while! It's great having Jesse in town; Sydni has a new best friend now [she's told me at least seven times now that he is her best friend and that she has more friends than me]. Jesse and Rob just left to go explore the town for the night; Syd & I are having some good old fashioned mama-Syd time with the pups.

 

This.. is.. perfect. (:

 

xo | cmd

SNOW DAY!

.... Ok, so it's a Sunday, sure, but you know what... it can still be a snow day. We didn't hate it.

We definitely gave ourselves some good old fashioned cabin fever today. Sydni woke up earlier than all of us.. she was ready to go as soon as she saw the snow coming down in sheets. We all stood around for a few minutes just staring out at the snow covered neighborhood before making the executive decision not to attempt heading out in it for church. It worked for Syd, since her plan for the first half of the day was to stay in PJ's and roll around on the floor with Stella. Haha.

lazy cuddle buddies

I made the signature weekend breakfast for these two yesterday, so today we opted for cereal and toast... and coffee... it worked out just fine. We settled in for a few hours of mindlessness: Rob got on COD mode, Marianne continued in her quest to scour the perfect dyed pixie cut photo off the internet, and Stella found out that she has been granted permission to gnaw on all of NONE of the plush animals in this house. I decided at one point that I couldn't stand it any longer. I wanted to make a snow angel.

So I did.

.. on the deck. Don't judge.

snow angel time

You thought I was kidding, huh. NNNope. Nobody else had any snow gear with them, so while Sydni took a nap, I dug the Spyder suit out of the closet, and once donned from head to toe in snowboard attire, took to the yard and all 7-ish inches of pristine snow with Stella. I found out that when it's Cori vs. Stella in a yard full of snow, Cori is a bowling pin and Stella is a renegade wrecking ball. Stella 1. Cori 0. Oh well. We still managed to have the perfect time romping around for a little while before retreating back into the house.

And then there's [more] photobooth! This time, we captured Marianne in a moment of intensity, the result of some chirpy, pitchy soundtrack on one of the Netflix kiddo movies. I had to agree with her that the arrangement was offensive to pretty much every available sense, but the look of borderline terror mixed with disgust was still funny ;) 

hilarious. love that girl. 

Stella eventually started to go stir crazy, especially after hours on end of being scolded for carrying off some random stuffed animal. She started to fall apart, barking at thin air, when Marianne threw a blanket on her head and stopped her dead in her tracks. My dog may as well have gone temporarily blind. Hahaha..

invisibility cloak?? ..nope... you're doing it wrong.. haha

Hello.... cabin fever.

Hello...... Wal-Mart Run. 

... Yeah, it got bad. We finally decided on a mini-road trip, which was an adventure in and of itself [Rob's truck to tackle the snow + carseat  + beanie nation + standard other walmart clientele? = winnnnning if you're bored on a snow day.. haha]. We made it safely to, and back with some fruit, a few bones for Stella and some other random things. We even managed to get Marianne's car freed from its snowbank and into the garage, while Rob took to the cul-de-sac for some diesel donuts before we all headed back inside. Success. 

Sydni's down for the count finally, and I'm about to call it a night. That stupid thing called Monday is gonna hit me before I'm ready... I already know it. 

Boo. 

xo | cmd