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Pin it Monday the snow was finally packable, and the kids were thrilled to spend the afternoon playing outside. I went out with them, and we spent a few hours together in perfect snow-play temperatures – barely above freezing! Johnny’s preschool teachers gave him this snowman kit at Christmas, and he has been [...] Pin it Lily was thrilled to discover that you can “paint” on construction paper with icicles! The paper is fairly porous, so the water shows up right away, then dries so you can paint all over again! This was a great distraction from the virus she was battling, and she surprised me by [...] Pin it This rice heat pack is super simple to make. Slice off a section of the legs of an old pair of jeans, stitch the top and the bottom (leave an opening in one end), fill with rice, and top-stitch to prevent spillage of rice. You can easily make one that is roughly [...] Pin it Up until last month, getting my kids outdoors in anything less than ideal weather was a chore. But this winter has dragged on, and on, and on (our yard still looks like this, even as I see that the children of fellow bloggers in other parts of the country run about in [...] Pin it We moved into our current house in 2007, and got our first ice dam that winter thanks to a through-the-wall air conditioning unit. We removed the unit, patched the wall, and didn’t have any more problems. Until this winter, when Massachusetts was pounded with snow. What you see on our roof is [...] Pin it Want snow?
We have plenty!
Ice, too – especially on the roof! We’d love to share with all of you, especially the shoveling! Lots of fun indoor activities coming up next week! =) [...] Pin it Emma, Johnny, and Lily were begging to go out in spite of sleeting rain Tuesday afternoon. I knew that if I got them dressed up they would walk out, realize how un-nice the weather was, and beg to come in. So we compromised with an activity that has been a hit for [...] |
 
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