Still Sunday, 12/9/12... first Sunday of 2nd season deer hunting and it snowed! AND it wasn't windy and not too cold... perfect conditions for hunting and I deemed it perfect conditions for a run! Chris headed out and I called our go-to-babysitter, Ashley to see if she could come over, and she was free! Maggie & I had a fabulous run down the buffalo (really pretty w/the fresh snow) and the girls had fun building snowmen.
Wish I had taken a picture 3-years ago when she first started babysitting... Lindsay had just turned 3! Ashley came in and had hot chocolate with us before she headed out...
She had to say 'hi' to Joy Jingle, our elf, of course! Who also thought it would snow b/c he built snowmen out of marshmallows on Saturday night :D
We took the little girls out after they got up from naps... LeaAnn here was not a fan of the snow on her boots. She loved the boots though :)
This smile on Lydia NEVER faded. She stayed out until 5:20pm!!! Which for those non-Iowans reading, it's DARK here at 5pm (so a big deal to be out after dark, esp in the snow!) Lauren stayed with her and they continued to sled down the ditch. I was so impressed... the other girls at her age did not have the stamina that she does :) She even walked all the way back to the house from the ditch where they were sledding to have me put her mitten back on. I helped her, but her coat back on and out the door she went! Needless to say, we are MORE than ready for snow to fall again. (Just an FYI - Mom is fine w/no snow... but the other girls in this house would like some ;) Happy Winter!
GREAT shot of Lydia and LeaAnn!
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