Even More Snow

It was still snowing this morning. It is beautiful and we're happy that this year will be a white Christmas. The forced slow down has been good for all. Michael has been going to work every day, making sure the roof is holding up under the 18" they have in McMinnville. Business has been good as the people that live in Mac seem to be shopping locally rather than venturing into Salem. We girls have been staying home (off the roads) playing in the snow and drinking lots of cocoa. 

Elf Dance

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More Snow!

Yesterday it snowed another five inches followed by freezing rain. V stayed out late making a snow fort including snow chairs on the sides of the driveway.

M worked on what any awesome dad would do. He shoveled off the snow before the rain came ensuring that our driveway would have a nice .75" coating of ice in the morning. We have the fastest sliding driveway in the neighborhood. :)

Singing at the Capitol

After three snow days with no school this week, the weather warmed up enough for H's school to open. Today they had scheduled to sing at the capitol so it was perfect timing! Usually there are school groups scheduled all week to come and sing but they are the only ones who have shown up so far because of the snow. V's school is still closed today so she was able to come and watch too.

The kids took the school bus over which was a treat for H. They were so cute and she did a great job singing her little heart out. Our other pictures didn't turn out very well so hopefully someone will share theirs with me and I'll post more then. Is it just me or does she look more like a young lady and less like my baby girl here? She's going through a growth spurt and getting taller all of the sudden. 

Here you can at least see the capitol (a photo I borrowed from their website) all decked out for Christmas–the kids stood on the stairs. Hope to have more photos soon...

*Update: No one's photos turned out, must be the lighting in that large area.*

Snow!

See, we have a disk and a toboggan for the girls to sled with. However, it is proving to be more fun to just slide on their bellies...

Classroom...

V wants to be a teacher when she grows up so the above is not an uncommon site at home. (She still loves school and "substantially excelled" on her state reading test this week!)  H is very patient with her "teacher" and has actually learned a few things in "class." With the 3.5 year age difference, it's so great when they find games they both like to play.

Pictures from V's Christmas Program