Winter Soccer

We signed Ally up to try winter soccer on Sunday afternoons.  A few of her friends from dance and gymnastics are also signed up, along with her buddy Mac.  It has been a lot of fun watching her try it.  She's learned some things, and even managed to score a goal once or twice - just practice play.

Warmer Weather at Last

Finally, a day in the 50s!  This year spring seems to be taking its time, I guess I've gotten used to the last few years of outdoor activities in March.  Finally, a beautiful day, not warm but warmer. (Notice that just yesterday she made a snowman with PopPop!)  We decided to take Allison to the park to play, and we brought her bike along.  We parked the car about a half mile from the playground, and Allison started to ride.

She was a little tentative at first, but she got the hang of it very quickly.

There was just one time when she was going downhill too fast and forgot all about the brakes, with Mom running along in a panic behind.  Her Uggs were kind enough to help her stop.

Finally we reached the play area and she could shed her coat and helmet and get down to some real fun!

She wasn't really interested in leaving the park, but she was willing to ride the bike back to the car.  I thought it might be too much uphill riding, so I had walked back to the get the car.   We convinced her it was time to go by reminding her that she was having a sleepover at Pop-Pop and Gram's.  It was such a nice taste of spring time weather to come!

March Snow

As it so often does, we had a late winter snow storm today to give Allison one last chance to play in her happy place!  After gymnastics, Ally and I packed up and went down to Gram and Pop-Pop's, where Gabriel was settling in to play. After a quick lunch Allison declared it was time to play in the snow.

Gabriel didn't have his snowsuit, but I had planned for that by throwing Allison's old one in my bag.  We all bundled up and headed outside, into the cold wet snow.  Allison and Pop Pop got right to work making a snow man.

Gabriel got right to work filling his dump truck with snow.



















I got right to work supervising it all.

Allison didn't like the idea of a snowman with stones for eyes, so she insisted on strawberries.  The finished snowman looked pretty good, for a while!  They were so proud of their work!

It was a lot of fun, but finally the cold wet crew was convinced to come inside for some hot cocoa!  Look at those cheeks!

Disney On Ice

Today we enjoyed the Disney on Ice show.  Winter cold season has hit our house hard, and John is down with a bad cold.  Gram went with us to see the show. 

Allison learned to enjoy cotton candy, which came with this silly hat!

Crafting with Mac

Trying to avoid germs this winter, and indoor day of play and crafts!

Color Me Mine

Today's Mac and Ally day plan was to go to Color Me Mine and do some pottery painting.  Allison put her own flair on an ice cream cone, mixing the brown and pink.

 Mac did a great job on his cotton candy ice cream cone.

 Afterwards, we had lunch and Ally enjoyed sitting with Emme.

We all enjoyed the day, I'd like to try to paint something myself!

Gabriel's Third Birthday

Gabriel and family blowing out the candles for his third birthday!