Lee Lee colored a beautiful rainbow the other day... and it looked absolutely beautiful in our window that looks onto the backyard. We have an amazing view looking over public land in our backyard -- not another house in sight -- and Lee Lee added a beautiful rainbow.
Have I mentioned the very cold and snowy winter we've been having here in Rangely?
The truth is I LOVE these kinds of winters. We have had snow on the ground since Thanksgiving, with no signs of it melting any time soon.
In Rifle, the snow would come, and then melt. Come and then melt -- which basically meant the ground was very muddy for months.
This. Is. An. AWESOME. Winter.
And, these icicles are crazy!
"Move to Rangely," they said. "It will be fun."
Actually it is a ton of fun, but my land, this is a cold winter.
We've had a cold and snowy winter and I for one love it. I enjoy a hard winter and I am more appreciative of spring and summer after a winter that is worth it.
That said, I do not recall a winter so blustery and snowy that has blown snow through our doors -- multiple doors into our home, or inter our mailbox.
A heavy, wet snow started falling in the morning on Christmas Eve, and it was the PERFECT kind of snow for building a snowman!
It really was the first snow that our children have ever experienced that was so perfect for snowman building. They had a BALL and came in sopping went and completely happy after about an hour-and-a-half outside.
We had SO much fun in Denver together.
Duluth store, big malls, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Lego Store, Disney Store, a real candy store, jack-o-lantern pizza, staying in a hotel, watching Michigan Football, going to a restaurant, hair cuts, Once Upon a Child, Kid Wonder indoor play place, and a snowy day all together.
Note, we did not buy things at the Lego Store or the Disney Store (or several toy stores) but for our crew, that is a big deal just to go in and look at stores like that.
The big kids knew that Mama and Daddy were going to buy something special for Lee Lee because she had just had her birthday, and so they brought some of their chore money and had a lot of fun choosing what they wanted to spend it on. Lucky for them Build-A-Bear was having a really good deal of buy one animal, get a second one for $10. So, Howard and Caroline decided to buy Build-A-Bear animals with their money, but Tracey wanted to save hers for other things on the trip. It is fun to see their personalities and priorities coming out.
Also, the kids needed lots of reminders of how "old fashioned tv" works -- you cannot pause, you cannot choose the program, you cannot skip the commercials... we had to remind them of that a lot.
We made it home safely by Monday late afternoon and our four big kids immediately wanted to bundle in winter gear and play in the snow. Nine-and-a-half inches waiting for us at our house!!!
