Winter Break!

The kids had 2 weeks off of school for Winter Break and we had a great time. Which is good because the first 2 days they were supposed to head back to school got cancelled because we were having the coldest weather we've had in years, and the coldest weather I've ever experienced. Only - 41 wind chill. Yikes! We didn't do too much besides hang out at home and play, but the kids all got along really well for the most part and I wasn't anxious to send them back to school. 

Here are a few things we did:

Went to our favorite Ice Cream Parlor, Ella's Deli. We had coupons expiring so we went there on New Years Eve. Although we couldn't actually find the coupons before leaving, we had already told the kids we were going, so we still went. Later the coupons turned up under Nora's bed...

Nora loves to snuggle up with Scooter on the couch and hold him while he naps. It's pretty cute and Scooter loves the attention.

This is our friend Chia, he is a college student going to BYU-Idaho and comes home in the summer and winter break. He's good to our kids and took the older 3 to McDonald's and the Dollar Store before he drove back to Idaho (he didn't quite dare take Wesley and really, who can blame him? 3 year olds are tough!) I'm not sure why Miles is looking so surprised in this picture, but it's funny.

The boys spent plenty of time looking at cool stuff on the computer, mostly playing pbskids or looking at all the lego sets they want to own.

The girls spent plenty of time goofing off, crafting, doing their rainbow loom and reading.

We have to try to wear Scooter out since it is too cold to walk him right now. Wesley loves playing with that green toy and keeping it away from Scooter.

Wesley got a good bump on his head during a dad and 4 kid high dog pile. Ouch! But the fun never stops until someone gets hurt, right?

 

The last night before heading back to school the kids got a little stir crazy so Brian sat and read a Roald Dahl (one of our favorite authors) book to them.

Considering all the time we spent cooped up together in the house, the kids did so well and we had a lot of fun. A few other things we did with no pictures are: built snowmen (before our cold front came in), went to see Frozen (LOVED IT) and played the Wii (we got one for Christmas!) And the most shocking part of the vacation, my house wasn't completely trashed when they left for school today! I'm still not sure how we managed that. What a great winter break!