winter wonderland

it's a winter wonderland for belle, my sister, & all the kids on the block.

it snowed starting sunday morning & stopped monday morning.

i woke up early on sunday so aris & i can shop & prepare for the storm.

i literally had 5 pull ups & one serving of milk left. so i really really needed to get up.

i got home and the snow started. perfect.

monday morning:about 2 feet of snow everywhere.

belle was so excited. always looking outside.

our neighbors came to the rescue.

we only have shovels.

they have the cool plow thing. & took my brother's car out of the snow.

& made our driveway & walkway bigger.awesome!then belle got on her sled and we pulled her around as fast as we could.

she wanted out. i was pulling her out & didn't realize she was strapped in.

my crazy sister was laughing & aware she was strapped in. while i was pulling her out like a crazy woman.

my dad....so over the shoveling. getting old.

belle's hat is big. cause it belongs to aris! haha

her favorite hat is missing. so she wore aris's.

belle finally came in cause her gloves fell off & her hands were cold.

then everyone followed & ate.

& the next day. belle got her snow gear again & was begging to make a snowman.

"Pweease? Pweease? snowman!"

ok off we go.

it's hard to say no to that "Pweeease??"

& in the backyard we have a little hill of snow.

the strong winds formed it. which is cool.

we attempted to let belle slide down with her sled.

she liked it the first time...but not so much the second time.

she enjoyed climbing up the hill more than sliding down.

haha..that face!

then we finally worked on our snowman.

yeeeeheyy!!

it. was. hard. work.

cause we made each ball separately & stacked it on top of each other.

but the second ball was SO HEAVY! me & my sister couldn't lift it.

then belle was getting impatient.

so i brought her in.

then my sister rolled those things up our "hill" so she can use all the snow up there to form a ramp of snow by the bottom ball to roll up the second one on top.

she was real committed to that snowman. haha!

karen saw the pictures & she said, "i hate that the meter thing is right next to it!"

"the fact that the snowman is finished is great & i don't care what it's next to!"

we were tired.

we came inside, got warm, & watched tv.

next thing i know, belle fell asleep.

this blizzard was like last year's.

but i don't know which was more fun.

most likely this year cause we have that crazy snowman!

Blizzzzard!

We had a blizzard that passed by town this weekend. It started Saturday afternoon & went nonstop until Sunday morning.

What we woke up to yesterday:

Ahhh snow. It's nice to look at. It looks so peaceful & clean.

But when I'm outside with it...can't stand it. I could last for a maximum of 10 minutes.

My dad & sister gearing up to shovel away.
My brother. He didn't want to go out & help. So he said he was on the verge of getting sick.

MMMHMMMM.. He ended up going out anyway.
Belle wanted to go out too...but not yet. Bottle first!

When my dad went out, he took a couple of pics.

The house & our now white lawn.
Our street.
Karen was at the backyard. She was standing on top of the stairs talking to me through the window. Then all of a sudden laid down on the snow. It was funny.
Then my brother came & covered her body with snow.
Then regretting it later when he couldn't get her out!

That was funny to watch!

Belle kept staring outside & kept going to the door. She wanted to go out too. She's never dealt with snow before.

So I bundled her up and brought her out for a few minutes.

It looks like a gap ad! haha

Oh she loved it. She kept touching the snow.
She fell. And as she was getting up, her face brushed against the snow. I was getting all paranoid...

"Her face is wet!" "It's so cold! Bring her back in!!" "Her clothes are all wet" "She can't handle it!"

Actually I couldn't handle it. So I brought her back in with me. And she cried. She wanted more.

My mom was trying to get me to bring her back out, but I thought it was too cold.

But about an hour later, she was out again! In her halloween chicken costume. Cause her other clothes were wet. (That costume is so warm. I love it)

And they went sledding...

She was laughing & screaming! They all had fun! And I had fun watching. haha

Look at that face!

Everyone was laughing about how Belle could stand the cold more than I can. She was a trooper!...like it wasn't even cold. She must get that from Aris. I was surprised! She was forced to come in both times.

Then when we got in...

she was out!

Karen made this little snowman & kept it in the freezer. She took the eyes from her keychain. My dad said it looks more like a penguin. Ha!

That was fun. The snow was good to me this time!

The night it was snowing, my mom was driving home from work. It was getting pretty bad. My dad kept calling..checking up on her. And she made it back safe & sound after driving 30-40 mph for about almost an hour on the highway!

Also thank goodness Binh & Nicole made it back safe & sound. They traveled with the blizzard. Such troopers. I don't think I could've survived!

When it snows, that means no one will see Aris cause he's crazy busy at work keeping the planes safe in the crazy weather. Be safe & warm!!!

And..Christmas is this week!!!