Christmas Hats and Playing Outside

The kids all got fancy new hats and gloves for Christmas. See?

Koleman, wearing all of the Christmas hats.

Hey, let's go outside and play! It's a lovely January day!

These pictures were taken on January 2. The day before it was in the mid-20's, on the first of January, so naturally that meant ... a thunderstorm? We got lightening and thunder, and a nice coating of ice, topped off by a coating of sleet. But this is the closest thing to winter fun we've had so far, so we took advantage of it.

Milena was off to sweep away the snow!

Kelson wanted to play outside, but he definitely didn't want to put on his snowpants or hat. He compromised by watching us out the window.

Even though there wasn't much snow, the ice/sleet combination made for some decent sledding.

Wheee! Eli goes down the hill. It's always safe if you're the first one down.

Oops. Maybe not.