Awesome

Can I just say how awesome it is to have kids in the neighborhood? This is snow day number 3 for us in the past week and Chris is in the backyard playing with 3 older girls (two that are 8 and one who is 10) and I am sitting inside once again, relaxing after some good shoveling. This is great! And Lahna and Liam are able to come over today since their street was plowed so they are on their way over as well. Party at the Woglom's!

A new snow fort

Kansas City got hit with another round of snow last night and this morning. Obviously, we had to go out and make another snow fort! I shoveled just a small section of our driveway and added to a previously existing  snow plow pile to make a 5 1/2 foot mound of snow. Then we dug into it with my shovel and Christopher's hands and created a little hiding spot for him. 

The snow was beautiful and heavy and wet so everything was sticking to the trees. Here are some pictures of our street and house in the pretty snow! Notice that our street was already plowed...

Snow day (The Sequel)

This was the scene we woke up to this morning. It's hard to tell from the picture but the snow is wet and sticking to everything and it looks so pretty! It's always nice to look at the snow from our warm and toasty house. I'm sure we'll be back out in it later in the day so we will keep you updated as we go. There's probably about 6 inches so far and more to come. Obviously music and soccer are cancelled today so time to find some fun indoor activities until it is clear to go outside!

Meet Fred

This is Fred. He's about 40 inches tall, a little round (hasn't had enough green juice) and bundled up for winter. He prefers staying outside despite the cold temperatures and he's a very nice addition to our family. Thanks to Aunt Jamie for the snowman kit she sent for Christmas. We weren't sure if we'd be able to use it but we could have built a hundred snowmen with all this snow!

On our third outing of the day, we also added an addition to our already expansive snow fort. The snow was getting crustier as the day got colder so we weren't able to add the extra tunnel that Chris wanted. Instead we improvised and added a couch for relaxing. Here is CJ on the couch and also a picture of the addition...

And here is the long view of the entire snow fort compound:

Construction of the fort

Here are some pictures of the fort-making process. These just show some parts of the fort and you can see the finished product on the video in the previous post. As you can see, even Kasey enjoyed the fort (and helped dig a little!). And right now I am blogging from the kitchen as Christopher is thoroughly entertained with his friend Molly from next door. Think I'll brew myself a little coffee and read the Times while I'm at it...

Coolest snow fort ever

So we built possibly the coolest snow fort in Kansas this morning. After getting a little over a foot of snow yesterday, we made the most of it and built an extended fort complete with tunnels. Construction pictures will follow later but here is a video of our fort in use...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_kbFXFFnU

Check back later for more building pics!

King of the Mountain

It's hard to tell from this picture but Chris is standing on a four foot snow pile that resulted from my shoveling efforts (aka, my workout for the day). He was most excited about being able to touch the tree he can't normally reach! The snow came down really fast today and we had about 6 inches in the first two hours. We attempted some shoveling this morning but it was really not worth the effort so we came inside to warm up. Because we were lacking hot chocolate, we popped in "Cars" and made popcorn, having a movie morning at 10AM. After lunch we went out for a couple more hours as the snow had pretty much stopped. I shoveled a bunch but then the landscaping guys across the street said they would plow the driveway for us and I was not going to turn down that offer! Anyway, the snow is so pretty and deep enough that I had to shovel a path for Kasey in the backyard. I will now enjoy the snow from the warmth of my cozy house!