Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The snow came and went

We never thought living in Iowa that we would have to rush out to enjoy the snow before it melted, but that's what happened this day last month.  We finally got a good snow fall and Robby said let's take the little girls sledding while we can (the older two were in school, so no we didn't leave them behind).  It's a good thing we did because this was the last chance we had to sled.  In fact the snow had melted too much by the next day for a repeat trip.  

On another note about the lack of winter weather (not that I'm complaining), I felt bad because this year for Christmas we got Li'l Robby some snow fort building tools, and he didn't get to use them even once this year.   Either he was in school or it didn't snow enough.  

Here's our fun in the snow...







We got the brilliant idea to put both the girls on the sled and push them down the hill.  Well... they wiped out.

And as you can see, they weren't happy about it.
One last run...
And as you can see from Olivia's face, she hadn't completely recovered from the wipe-out.  It was fun while it lasted.

Somebody else had a birthday...

back in February, and it was Robby, the elder!  I won't tell you how old he is.  The cow was one of his "birthday presents."  Not really, we just saw it at a museum we went to that day, and thought the girls would enjoy it.



Robby opted not to have a cake since we spent the day out as a family and didn't have time to make one.   So he picked up some ice cream bars and chose to put his single candle in the bar.

Funny Faces












Somebody had a birthday...

back in January, and it's about time I posted some pics.  Can you believe she's 4?!


I know it looks like 3, but there are really 4 candles.  4 candles, 5 cupcakes, we're just trying to confuse you.

 This year she was excited to have a friends party, too, so we took them all to a fun place in town called Kiln Time Studio where everyone got to paint their own ceramic figure that was glazed and fired by the studio.














One of the bonuses is that the studio paints a special plate for the birthday child with their favorite character(s) in their favorite colors.


Olivia likes both Snow White and Cinderella, so the plate has a glass slipper on the back.