Monday, February 23, 2015

Winter Blues

Winter is not my favorite.  EG and I had a discussion today about how she does not like to be cold, neither do I darling daughter, neither do I.  And cold it has been.  Record breaking lows in this polar vortex called home.

This has made it hard to be motivated to write anything on here.  The chickens aren't very entertaining right now.  They are just trying to stay warm.  They rarely step outside, so we rarely see them.  Our little light bulb water warmer is still doing its job, although it is now equipped with a 60 watt light bulb.

Valentine's Day was a little bit of a bright spot in our winter white world.  We exchanged Valentines with some long distance friends so that EG would get some in the mail.  In addition to those, she received them from a few of my aunts and her grandparents, aunt and cousins.  Very exciting for a 3 year old!

I made a fun new wreath for our front door, with yarn and some felt.  I followed a tutorial that I found at this link.

 
Our chalkboard theme for Valentine's Day was 1 John 4:19.
 


EG and I made some delicious no-bake cake balls.  So, so, good and so, so much easier than real cake balls.  Find the recipe here.

 
We've kept ourselves busy with local indoor activities too.  We received a membership to the local children's museum for Christmas this year, so we have been there several times this winter.  We've also gone to 2 other children's museums for a family fun day and a friend's birthday party.  So much fun!
 
 
There has been some outdoor fun too.  Snowman building, sledding and plenty of snow shoveling (if you can call that fun), always followed by hot cocoa, with marshmallows (of course).

We may make it through this winter after all.  Keep warm!