It's the first snow!

When we woke up today, the kids were so excited to see snow. Although it didn't stick too much, the girls loved trying to catch the snowflakes on their tongues and Laney especially enjoyed rolling around in it. Ella asked if there was enough to make a snowman :) Not quite, ok not even close, but the girls were excited nonetheless.

While Laney was outside with her coat and hat on, Ella went outside with no coat or hat on.
Yes, my hot blooded girl wasn't even cold.

But she was on a mission.....to make Snow Art.
She would color the paper, run outside and gather snow,
put the snow on the paper and then cover with wax paper.
But little did she know that once the snow melted, it would ruin her colorful artwork.
But in my eyes, it kept her busy (and happy!).

While she was doing a sweet craft, this is what Matthew was doing. Actually, this is how I always seem him lately...climbing on my table. At least he wasn't pulling the light fixture down this time!

His craft? Wax paper

Once Laney was finished in the snow, she sat down and started working on her letters. But I had to take the picture below to show you what she was really wearing (or not wearing).

Who needs pants when it is 20 degrees outside?

So I tried to take a picture before doing one of our favorite family traditions: driving through the Reynolds lights and our neighbor's lights (where the lights dance to music). We tend to drive through the lights at least twice a week but this was the first time Matthew got to really enjoy them (last year he was usually asleep in her car seat). Yeah, he was usually looking out the wrong window but seemed to enjoy it??!!

I just love this family tradition!