snow at grandpa's

on the morning of the day after christmas, we headed up to joe's parents to play in the snow. they got significantly more snow than we did, and the kids had fun playing in it for a short time. they went sledding down the driveway, made snow angels, made footprints. check out the slideshow above to see pictures.....

snow!

nothing like waking up to fresh powder!! even though it was pretty darn cold, we were all excited to get outside and play! otto had a good time playing in the snow, but it was greta who was loving it! otto and mama bailed after a short time, while papa and greta staying outside a while longer, throwing snowballs and attempting a tiny snowman. but i think greta's favorite thing to do in the snow is eat it. anytime she heads outside, she will swipe her gloved hand on something snow-covered and go to town. guess we need to have that "yellow snow" discussion.

Snow

Greta has been having a great time in the snow... though I think we've about had enough of the snow. You can see we have quite a bit of it.

We've built snowmen, gone 'hiking' and sledding. We've had snow ball fights and made snow angels, but I'm pretty sure that Greta's favorite is getting burried in the snow.

snow ice cream

greta and i had snow ice cream for snack not once, but twice today. otto even got a few bites.....yum!

snow day....

we got several more inches of snow today, and the whole family got to play in it! otto enjoyed some rides on the sled, and despite his look of disgust in the photo, he actually seemed to enjoy being outside and kept trying to crawl in the snow. joe and greta stayed out a bit longer than otto and i....they did some sledding, built a tiny snowman and had a fun time! the snow is beautiful and it was fun to see our neighbors having fun in it as well. pictured below are our neighbors patrick and emily and their son tom....

snow!

this was the first snowfall of the season that we were able to go out and enjoy. after otto went down for a nap this morning, greta and i got all bundled up and headed out. she was very intrigued by the snowpants she was wearing. (we love hand-me-downs from those ford girls!) she also was SURE that she wanted to take her mittens off, until she did and tried to play in the snow with her bare hands. we didn't last long, but it was fun!