Snow to Shorts

It's been so long since I've updated the blog 

that the beginning of this post has pictures of the boys wearing hats and gloves 

and playing in the snow...

and the end of the post has pictures of them playing outside in shorts!

We did have a lot of snow this year, 

but in between a few snow days the weather was nice enough 

to play outside in the front yard again.

We thought it was getting warm for good,

but then we got another BIG (for this area) snow 

that lasted for 4 days!

Thankfully, Ms. Donna had given Ethan a pair of Jason's old snow pants!

At first, Owen wasn't real thrilled with the snow falling in his face.

Ethan, on the other hand, immediately went to throwing snowballs!

Playing with our neighbors

Ethan sitting on the big ball for the beginning of our snowman

Eating a pretzel snack

We didn't have a sled, so we used a laundry basket

A few days later, this is the kind of weather we had

Owen brushing his teeth (sort of)

Ever since Ethan got a camera for Christmas,

Owen has been wanting to take pictures with my camera.

swinging outside the gym with Holden

a bike day with Chloe and Bryce

Yaya and Anna joined us for our Thursday morning library time.

I love how these two hold hands while they walk.

Yaya turned FOUR!

This time last year Owen would get a little nervous about the bigger slides,

but this year he goes right on down!

Owen posing while Ethan took a picture

Ethan taking pictures of the ducks with Daddy

pizza picnic with Chloe and Bryce

park time with Brinley

Ethan lost his first two teeth this past month.

He swallowed the first one, 

but we pulled the second one out two days later because it was really loose.

This is a picture before the second one came out.

seesaw with Bryce

If Ethan had his way, he'd ALWAYS be taking pictures with his camera!

Ethan made birdhouses with his class at school

sharing a snack with his friends

these three love to play together

Ethan is still riding Sammy every week

And I get to hang out with sweet Hudson while he rides

Hudson and Ellen invited us to join them at My Gym

more front yard play

They definitely have their moments,

but I love when they take a minute to love on each other.

at the park with Brinley, Cara and Anna

The other day I came in the playroom to find that Owen 

had gotten himself into Ethan's "therapy" chair to do some work.

throwing balls - by far their favorite past time

more park time with Brinley and Willie

Owen sharing his popcorn

ice cream treat at Culvers

happy that it's spring