We had a fun filled weekend and are having a fun week off of school. Last Friday we started off our fun with a little Valentine's "exchange party". I texted some of my friends and we all made valentine's for all the kids and had boxes/envelopes on the front porch to drop off the valentine's to each other. It was a lot of fun and I loved seeing the kids come to our porch and seeing their smiles and excitement. Paige was able to spend the day at Addison's house on Monday and they always have fun together.
Saturday we woke up to our first snow of the winter! It was pretty exciting especially to Baylor. They both went out in the morning and Paige wanted to measure how much we got with a ruler and Baylor wanted to walk through it though she was very insistent on only wearing a jacket and her vans. The girls played with their dolls the rest of the morning and got them all ready to "play" in the snow. Paige got a big bowl of snow and they ate the snow and had their dolls feel it and that led to some raspberry snow cones which were delicious.
Then it was time for playing in the snow. Baylor threw a long crying fit about her snow clothes especially the pants. She did NOT want to wear them but I told her if she wanted to play in the snow then she had to wear them. It was quite the battle and once she was outside she realized the snow clothes weren't so bad and absolutely loved playing it the snow.
We went sledding over at the park and I wasn't sure if Baylor would like it but she loved it. She went down first with Paige and then after that was only wanted to go by herself. I got quite the workout walking up and down the hill carrying her sled for her but she was also quite the trooper and walked up the hill by herself every time. Paige also loved it and wanted the biggest hill she could find and wanted bumps and would do anything to make herself go faster. Nona even joined us for awhile and when Baylor said her legs were too tired she walked back home with Nona and Paige and I enjoyed a few more runs before going back home.
Poor Nate didn't get to join in on any of our fun since he was plowing the roads for the city. We appreciate all he does and we missed him so much! The girls especially did since they only saw him briefly in the mornings. He worked from 10 am to 10 pm from Thursday to Sunday.
Happy Valentine's Day! The girls were excited about all their little gifts and Paige was her gift giving self and gave each of us the most sweet and thoughtful gifts. We also had stake conference that was virtual, more snow fun for the girls, and our fun day ended with dinner at Anna and Scott's house.
The girls had so much fun playing in the snow and I loved it because they played so nice together in the yard and I was able to stay inside and watch them from the warmth of the house.
It was cute watching them sled down the slight incline in the back yard. I especially loved watching Baylor. It was so entertaining and cute watching her pull and lift her sled to the top and watching her use her hands and eventually go on her belly to get the momentum to get down the hill.
Then I gave them the snow ball makers and that's when the true joy and laughter came out as they were throwing snowballs at each other.
Nona and Pops joined in on the fun and helped the girls build a snowman.
And Pops got the old car out to do some donuts.
The snow all came in the weekend and by Tuesday was pretty much all melted. It was quick and I got to enjoy it for the weekend and now it is gone which is exactly the way I like it. Then we planned a fun Valentine's party with Addison and Kinsley and today was the fun day. The girls were so excited for them to come and as soon as they saw their car pull up, they waited at the door for the knock.
They first decorated some bags to hold all of their candy and things in.
Then they painted their nails and waited until it was time for them to make their own pizzas for lunch.
While their pizzas were cooking they did some Valentine's drawings and then we played some games. We found a fun dice game with candy that they really enjoyed, then Valentine bingo, musical hearts, and a chocolate kiss memory game.
Our last thing was decorating heart sugar cookies. They had a lot of fun and then it was about an 1 1/2 hours of them playing. I loved listening to them talk and giggle in the bedroom. They are such good friends and I'm grateful they met in kindergarten and have each other as friends especially during this time.
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