Kite Festival

We never even got the kite out of the box. The bounce houses were just too much fun.





And, of course, the train.

Snow day!

Anicka has been dying to make a snow angel ever since it first started snowing Tuesday night. Today there was finally enough snow for us to play in. As soon as she woke up this morning she looked out the window and then jumped on my bed to wake me up, yelling "There's enough, there's enough, there's finally enough snow!" So we went out at about 10:30 this morning and she was able to make her snow angel.



Ryker was not as interested in playing in the snow.


I didn't think that Anicka would last long out in the cold, but she really had a blast playing in the snow. She made a snow castle:


She tubed down the hill on her tiny little pink life saver:



And we started to make a snowman, but Anicka lost interest. It was really funny watching her try to push the big snowball.


Photo opportunity:

Here's one of Anicka pouting after we had to go inside to eat lunch:

But three hours later we went out to leeds to play with my little sisters, since the schools were closed because of the snow. They had over a foot of snow in leeds! It was crazy.
Anicka and Sienna played inside of an igloo that the older kids made:


And I helped the little girls make a fort. We only got about halfway done before the sun started to go down and it was too cold to finish.


I've got to say, I love playing in the snow, but I'm so glad we don't live somewhere where it snows a lot. Snow is fun when it's a novelty, not when you have to live with it every day during the winter!

Random!

I'm never sure what to write when I update these things. I always get this feeling like "why would anyone want to read this?". But whateva.

We're working on potty training with Anicka. *sigh* There are good days, and then there are really really bad days. But I think the worst of the bad days are behind us. She's really doing pretty well now. We got her some pull ups (expensive!) and put up a sticker reward poster, and she's excited about it. So. Yes. I can't believe she's going to be three years old next month. It's.. crazy.

As for the pregnancy, I'm at 20 weeks now (half way!) and I have an appointment with my doctor today. Adam is finally able to go with me this time, and he's excited to finally hear the heartbeat. And today we'll be able to set an appointment for an ultrasound, yay! I can't wait to find out what we're having. Everyone keeps asking me whether I'm going to wait until the birth, so that it'll be more of a surprise. Um... no? The suspense would kill me. I have to know now!

also: I don't think Anicka believes me when I tell her there's a baby in my belly. She seems to think it's some kind of game. "Yeah, there's a baby in my belly too, mom! And... oh, look! There's a baby in daddy's belly!" Seriously, she thinks I'm just messing with her. I read some articles about preparing the older sibling for a new baby, but they were pretty much no help. Maybe taking her to the doctor's office with me will help...

In other news: I cut all of my hair off a couple of weeks ago. I'll put pictures up here some time for those of you who want to see it.

And because I like sticking random pictures up here:

Here's Anicka wearing Daddy's goggles, which was the only way I could get her in the bath for a while.

And Anicka walking home with her Aunt Sienna after playing at the park.


The end.