Snow/Cold Days and a Parade

We have had a great week. School has been canceled for the last 2 days due to cold weather (not snow, but I'll take it). I love snow days - I think of them as little unexpected bonus days when I get to stay home with no prior plans. The boys and I hung out together on Tuesday - we made cookies and I helped them create a fort. Greg took off today and we went to the pool - I think we all had a the best time. We went to a pool in Arvada that turned out to be near where we lived when we first moved to Colorado - I wish I had known about it then. It was such a great place - it had an inner-tube slide and a huge playground area for the boys. They had so much fun and they have told us several times today how much they loved it and can't want to go back - it also wore them out and they both fell asleep in the car on the way home.





The fort was a huge hit. Thank you mom for reminding me of doing this as a kid - it kept the boys occupied and peaceful for a few hours.

We haven't been outside much - the temperature has been well below zero for most of the last 2 days - but Ryan couldn't stand it anymore and this afternoon he headed out to his tractor.


Luke has a tendency of getting crazy schemes in his head that he doesn't let go - we usually let him go with it. His latest one was on Sunday when he decided that he wanted to have a parade. He spent part of Saturday and Sunday morning coming up with the things that he wanted in his parade. He told Greg that he was going to be clown. He found Greg's leather jacket and told him that was his silly clown coat and he also found a ball for his nose and a scarf to wear as a bow tie. He also went down to the basement Sunday morning and found a silly hat for him to wear. Ryan's job was to pull the wagon/float and blow his whistle, my job was to twirl a baton and his job was to lead the parade and play the drum.

After the parade, Luke was disappointed that no one came out to watch the parade - we told him everyone was watching from their windows.



What a great dad!


Video of the boys' karate class on Saturday. Greg was able to go this week - I think he found it pretty entertaining. He especially liked that this was something that the boys seemed to really love doing (unlike soccer in July).