No School

Just wanted to show what it looks like here when they cancel school. Yeah, I know.

Day 2 - Snow

Our little snow family minus Bailey (Emma put the snow ball on top of her "head")

Our Snow Family!

Emma enjoyed the snow a LOT better Sunday afternoon. She took her little bucket and shovel and went to town digging in the snow. Also because the snow melted a little, we were able to make a snow family. We had a Daddy, Mommy, Emma and Bailey! We spent an hour and a half outside playing. We were all soaked through by the time we can inside. What a fun day for our little family!

Snowed In

The tee - you had to putt the ball over both pillows and under the chair to hit Mickey which was on the other side.

After you hit Mickey, you had to putt the ball under the bridge

Then you had to hit the cat and then get the ball into the gator. Good luck!

Sunday morning it was too cold to go outside to play in the snow, so we just bunkered down and had fun indoors. Emma received a little golf game for Christmas called Gator Golf. The point of the game is to putt the ball into the gator's mouth, and he flips it back at you w/ his tail. Well, that's all good but let's get a little bit more creative. So we set up our own little putt putt course in the house. Daddy and Mommy took turns setting up a different "green" to try to get par. The first two we tried weren't too difficult, but the last set up was a lot more challenging. The lowest we could get was an eight! Emma just enjoyed trying each task. What a blast!

Snow!

Nathan took this Friday night while it was still snowing out.

Still not sure about this snow stuff

Our Little Snow Bunny

It actually snowed here in Charlotte! We got enough to cover most of the grass between the snow and sleet. First day wasn't too much fun because the snow wasn't packable. Emma didn't enjoy the snow too much. She mostly just stood there unless we walked her along w/ us in the snow. She'll get use to it...eventually.

Before and After

Princess Minnie

Emma's friend, M, had a Princess Ariel birthday party, so Emma dressed up as Princess Minnie to go to under the sea. She had a lot of fun and participated very well! Thought she was too cute not to post.

Merry Christmas

A Bible from Gramma and Papa

Opening the stockings

Emma's new ornament: a Fisher Price school bus

Our beautiful tree

Finding Nemo

There ended up being a theme to this Christmas for Emma

Curious George! Emma received a doll and lots of George books...it was not planned that way!

Today started the beginning of the second semester of school, and things will be getting back to normal soon, hopefully.

Christmas was wonderful this year! Emma has discovered presents. Yes, she woke up Christmas morning and looked at all of the gifts under the tree, and she was ready to unwrap immediately. However Mommy and Daddy were a couple of meanies and made her wait until after breakfast. She responded well by being appeased of opening her stocking from Gramma and Papa, who had arrived the day before. Daddy read from the book of Luke, and then FINALLY Emma got to open her gifts. She not only opened her presents but everyone else's as well. It was a nice, relaxing day filled w/ love, laughter and family! So thankful to have the girlie w/ us another year!