Friday, April 17, 2009

This is April?!

Yesterday, April the 16th, we woke up to 3 inches of SNOW on the ground. What? you are asking yourself, surely she must have the dates wrong and be talking about January 16th or February 16th. But no, it truly was the 16th of April and there was SNOW!!!

Jack and Madeline resigned themselves to staying inside for most of the morning (if not the entire day) and found a great way to entertain themselves.

They decided to get Madeline's bike and scooter out and ride it down the hall from her room, through the family room, into the kitchen, make a loop around the island and back down the hall to do it all over again.

To be completely honest, my first instinct was to shout over the commotion of the bike and scooter and Madeline's "hooping and hollering" (honestly, that girl is NEVER quiet except when she's sleeping - but that is a post for another day) and sternly inform them that bikes and scooters were OUTSIDE toys and we do not live in a jungle gym. (Similar to living in a barn, but a slightly different location)

But then I thought better of it and made them stop for a picture.

Really, what's a Mom to do? When life give you lemons. . . . .

2 comments:

The Queen Bee said...

Cute pictures! I really like your playlist, I listen to it at work. :) I mean, while I'm in prison...

Michal said...

what a good mommy! and what gorgeous floors! the fact that you let them ride on those floors gives you double good mommy points.