When Dad's away, Papa and the boys will play!

The little monkeys talked Papa into building a fort out of the couch cushions. They all crawled inside and took turns being as loud and annoying as possible with the voice changer. Good times were had by all.

Congratulations Gwydion!

Yesterday Gwydion received two awards at school. The first was a reading award for the Reading Counts program sponsored by Scholastic books. He read books and took tests on them. He earned 25 points, for which he received a certificate. He was the first kindergartner at his school to be given this award. The second award he received was a good citizenship award for responsibility. He's very proud of both and we're very proud of him!

More Snow!

Late last week we had our second big storm of the winter. Luckily we didn't get much ice here in the northeastern part of the state. We did get several inches of snow though. Here are the boys watching the snow fall. They didn't even want to wait until it stopped falling before we went outside.

By the time it stopped we had about 6 inches. This is what our neighborhood looked like.
We did finally make it out to play. It was cold but sunny and still. No wind, for once! Gwydion ran through the ditch several times.
Goblin thought he wanted out, until he realized that the snow would stick to his paws. Silly beast.
Gwydion was content to play in our front yard but Gavin took off down the street, intent on reaching Papa's house. So off we went. Here we are sliding down the little dirt mound in Papa's field.
And here is Papa's train covered in snow. (He made it himself!)
The novelty of the dirt mound wore off quickly, so we made the trek across the field to the walking trail. At last, a hill just the right size for little guys.