Sled Riding Fun

 Alvin, that's not the way you do it. You're supposed to be IN the sled.

 Go Erin!

 Emali veering off course

 The only way to go back up the hill. On a sled pulled by Dad, of course!

 Mommy, I'm coming to get you!

 Hi Mommy.

 Emali wiping out. It looks like it hurt, but it didn't. She got right back up and went again.

 Erin trying a jump out.

 Eric flying off the jump.

 Emali didn't do too well.

Erin's turn to wipe out.

SNOW! Yay snow!

So, Eric got a wonderful birthday gift: 6+ inches of snow! The weather people had said we'd be lucky to maybe 2 inches at the most. Well, surprise, surprise! This is going to be a picture heavy post, so consider yourself warned. Oh, look for the birthday post for Eric later on!

 The hawk that lives near here.

 Blue Jay

 Red-headed woodpecker

 The snow as it was falling. We got 6 inches in 2 1/2 hours. It was crazy.

 Charley playing in the snow.

 The woods behind our house.

A cardinal in the bushes. Isnt it gorgeous?

 The kids and their snowman

Alvin and the snowman.



Curtains, children and a closet.

Yeah, stupid title, but that's what this post is about. Today was a domestic day for me. Eric and I converted a coat closet into a pantry. Going from a kitchen with over 30 cupboards to one with 15 leaves a lot to be desired. Especially when the old kitchen had a HUGE pantry. It was a converted laundry closet, so you can imagine the size of it. So, we converted the closet so that we'd have storage space for food, since my Fiestaware fills every cupboard in the kitchen. Please, dont judge what's IN our pantry. Not everyone is a health nut and I love to bake. :)

So if you look to the top of the picture, you can see the original metal shelf that was the coat closet part. We added the black shelves. It was fairly simple. We got some 5/8 inch plywood, some 2x3's for bracing and some faux leather Contact Paper to cover the shelves with. Now we have a LOT of storage space for food.

The second project I did today was convert a fabric shower curtain into regular curtains for the living room. Our living room window is oddly sized and I couldnt find curtains to fit. Not only that, I didnt find any I liked enough to hem. So we bought a fabric shower curtain in a pattern we liked and I made the curtains from that. What do you think?

I think they turned out pretty well, but I'm biased cause I made them. The final thing I'm gonna leave you with are pics of the girls (and Eric) playing in the snow.

Snow - December 26/27 Part II

I'm so dissapointed. We got maybe 6 inches total in the "blizzard" that wasnt. We got horridly high winds. A gust of 68 mph was reported in Groton, but very little snow. :( Oh well, you win some, you lose some. At least we got snow.

 In the afternoon, Eric happened to see movement in the trees behind our house. It was a gorgeous hawk, we think. We know it's a bird of prey, but we're not certain it's a hawk. It looks like one.

 And I'm throwing in a random pic of the dead tree in our backyard just because I think it's gorgeous.

Snow - December 26/27 - Part 1

Well, since we're supposed to be expecting MASSIVE amounts of snow here, I thought I'd take pictures. I love snow, btw. I was excited to hear that we're expecting 11-16 inches or more here. Woo hoo! Blizzard! Bring it on!

 This is currently what it looks like out my backdoor. If you notice, it's almost all the way up the little bump that leads in the back door. So, we're right at 4-5 inches in snow right now.

 And this is the view out over the back common area behind our house. Snow, snow everywhere!

What we woke up to

this morning...

Its been a while

The girls at Chapman Falls at Devil's Hopyard State Park

Chapman Falls at Devil's Hopyard State Park

The snowman they made with all the snow we got.


Emali, Eric, and Erin with their igloo.

Charley enjoying the almost foot of snow we got.

The snowman cake the girls helped me make.

Finally, I caught a smile on camera. (Somewhat.)

Our tree. Yes, its real.