Winter wonderland?

It's a good thing we took the opportunity to go sledding a few days after Christmas, because it HASN'T SNOWED since!!  it's so crazy, I love it but I'm terrified of the consequences of such an early spring!  Seriously we've had several 60* days already in FEBRUARY!?!?

Anyway, The kids all LOVE sledding and have no fear.

 Even Maris. She looked a little concerned during and after each sled ride, but didn't cry! Yay for her first time sledding.

 Also I'm loving Whitney's gap-tooth smile!  She just lost the other front tooth too so now it's even bigger. :)

 Whitney has been playing basketball- it's just a developmental league, they mostly practice and then have a short game at the end each time.  

She likes it, but Eric can hardly stand to watch because he thinks the coaching is so horrible!  I guess he's learned his lesson; he'll be volunteering to coach his kids every time from now on!

 I spy... the only girl on the court??  There are only 2 girls out of the 40+ kids in the 7pm session! Way to play with the boys Whitney!

She has greatly improved her dribbling and shooting abilities, and is starting to learn how to play defense. Now if the boys would ever pass her the ball, she might get to develop more skills in a game setting!

I volunteered at the Fun Run (jog-a-thon thing) at the school, it was so fun!  The laps were only 1/16 of a mile, but Whitney ran 39 and Katelyn ran 29!  They had a great time, so that was good.

 Whit happily running.

 Kate insisted on tucking in her shirt :) and had fun too.

There's been a lot of THIS going on... we are trying to get a couple of rooms finished in our basement before it gets warm enough to start working on the yard!  

 My little fashion-istas when we went to the mall to spend their Christmas gift cards!  They are into accessorizing and looking cute whenever we go somewhere lately. :)  And they pick it all out themselves, of course they don't want my advice!  But they are doing pretty good. 

 I've been park-hopping with these two lately!  It's been fun discovering several new parks. And Owen LOVES it if I play something with him, like Pirates.  Maris is just surprised and happy to be outside. They are adorable.