Thursday morning we woke up to this stunning view – and a very light snowfall. The kids were thrilled to go out and explore the first snowfall of 2012 – and this winter!
Emma had been hard at work doing everything she could think of to convince Mother Nature to cooperate with her wishes for real snow:
I didn’t think there was enough snow to build a snowman, but Johnny proved that perseverance pays off! He called this his snow angel, and it survived two days of rain!
Johnny also built this amazing Cuisenaire Rod tower with a little help from Mike. This is an educational toy from my own childhood, and the kids have been playing with it non-stop all week. Johnny mostly builds, while Lily uses them as people. Emma is very into math at the moment, so we may start putting them to their more traditional use soon.
White board drawing was another a favorite activity this week. I especially like all the hearts in this family portrait, drawn by Emma:
I also saw many reincarnations by all three kids of this bug that Lily drew back in December. Turns out he has real staying power! He is quite cute, in my opinion. =)
We were the lucky winners of this Pick and Draw game in a giveaway at Inspiration Surrounds, Creativity Abounds a few weeks ago. Emma loves it! I love the faces she comes up with:
Lily is working hard to perfect her fish impression. It’s very important to her that she get it just right. I think she’s doing pretty well!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
The snow looks so fun! Lily’s fish face is priceless.
I love these glimpses of your week and all the cute drawings. It looks like a lot of people are finally getting snow. We have rain in the forecast :)
I love the snow pictures! Too cute!
Johnny’s cuisenaire rod tower looks great! We have a set of them that we haven’t really used much yet but I’m sure Sunnyboy would enjoy building a tower with them. Looks a fun week and you had snow too! :)
They are a lot of fun to build with!
Yippee for first snow!
Where has it all been this year?
Ours is all gone…melted away! :(
I hope we get a bit more sometime this winter!
Love your pictures!
Johnny’s snowman is still standing! No more snow, but it was COLD this weekend!
What a treat to wake up to the snow (it must have been Emma’s snow notes :)
Johnny’s look of concentration as he build his towers is so sweet. I love when my children play with toys from my own childhood.
Emma’s family portrait is gorgeous – perfect for Valentine’s day.
Lily’s fish impression made me smile. Very cute indeed.
I always love seeing what your skilful family creates! Your snow pictures are gorgeous. The hearts make the stick figure family picture perfect. :)
That last picture just makes me smile! She is so cute.
We got pick and draw as well and love it
Sounds like a great week to me! And I hadn’t heard about Pick and Draw before… looks like a good game :)
Sounds like you are having a wonderful long weekend! We are too – one more day, yay!!! Love the photos, children’s drawings (especially that scrubbing bubble guy!), & fishy face!!!
I LOVE long weekends!!! Glad you are enjoying yours as well =)
Looks like fun.. We don’t have snow yet, but we are supposed to get dumped on tomorrow.
I like the way Emma wrote the family names vertically beneath everyone’s picture. Fun effect!
Sounds like the perfect week!!!
yay for first snow! They look like they had so much fun! I miss snow terribly and love those first sprinklings that make everything look so clean and white!
Very fun! We STILL haven’t gotten any snow none is even in the forecast!
I LOVE Pick & Draw!!! We have so much fun with it — and it’s a quick and easy activity the girls can do with the grandparents when they come to visit!