Snow.

I shoveled a path of waist high snow yesterday afternoon from the massive drift in between our house and barn. First thing this morning I went back and had to do the same thing for thigh high snow. And now? Another 4-6 inches. 

I went through the archives of winters, just to see what it looked like when we said "Wow, that's a lot of snow." I now classify those moments as "dustings" by comparison. I did enjoy seeing the pics. Found these faves, all taken well before Winter 2014/15 season, but after I started blogging.

He wasn't even 2 here. So cold, we could see his breath. I was pregnant with her and it progresses from there. While we certainly have more than enough snow to go around, I am thankful we live where there's seasons and that we take the time to explore them all.

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Thrifteds

 

 Four books (including the Tometen...everyone's absolutely fave. It's about a little gnome type guy who lives in the haylofts of old farms. He checks on the animals at night. My kids are convinced we have one too and they see his tracks everywhere....so cute!).  A wooden truck crayon holder (that he turns into a plow truck with tape and a piece of cardboard), adult mitten pattern, a new paintbrush for her, a pack of note cards and a wool skirt to upcycle. $5.00.

La artista.

And a very solid mini wooden rocker (can you see that seat cushion a handmade quilted one!), a twin sized WOOL blanket (You know how expensive those are new?! Squee!!!), a mini wire basket and a mini wooden box. $6.50.

Summer/Winter

Even though it's winter outside, we can play summer inside, by the toasty warm fire.

 (Stubborn girl wouldn't look!)

And then as a bonus, after we play 'summer', we can go play out in the winter.  Could get as much as another foot of snow today.  It never stops snowing in Maine, apparently. Good thing we all own snowshoes!

New scarves

My kids decided they "needed" scarves so they could look like mama.  I was all set to make them one. Figured I'd stitch one up.

 "No mama, one like this".

Oh, they wanted knitted. I can knit and crochet, it's just not my fave.

"Okay, I'll do it."

"No mama, you're not good at that stuff." 

Pft. 

They asked my neighbor instead, who whipped up something special for each of them. She delivered just what they 'needed' and we're all so thankful.

Mama Made: Farmall Applique

Our dear Adrian will not wear warm layers too often. I finally figured it out. He has only one tractor sweatshirt.  95% of the time, he must be wearing a tractor shirt. And one cannot hide his tractor shirt with a non tractor shirt. Obviously.

So, I whipped up a little pattern for a Farmall tractor and a hitch.He loves hitching things up. It's hitched with a quick zip up. It hitches and it's Farmall, which he didn't have.  I'm very very very appreciated right now in his book.

I have the pattern that I will post (for free!) if anyone is interested, I just haven't gotten around to publishing that yet.

Here it is:

 He loves it.

 Just an hour of time, appliqued on a sweatshirt we already had, I can give him something he loves.

Love that just that little bit of effort gets me a smile like this.

Outside and In

 

Yes, we have snow. A LOT.  So much that we shoveled the roof over the porch. 6ft drifts. Craziness.
 I finally took some shots to show you.

 Snowshoes to the barn. We shovel a path and it's filled in an hour later.

 This is his room. See the snowdrift?

 There's four steps up to our porch and a large board that comes before the windows. You cannot even see the bottom of our porch. That pile on the left? That's what we shoveled from our roof.

And goodness, it's blocking our porch window now. A broken window is better than a caved in roof, yes?

 

 Our wood is completely buried and it was stacked 4ft high.

 No worries. He plows.

 And then goes inside and plows some more.

 He even keeps his clothes laid out, in case he gets wet (this is a new thing he's been doing) or otherwise needs to change.

Other snowday smiles inside: Snacks.

Delicious math.

 Baking.

Some fresh...

 Some Valentine's leftover.

 

 Creative narration with stickers.

Hers:

 And his:

 Traffic jams.

 Wet socks warming by the fire.

 Ready for work.

 "The Office".

 Pleasure reading.

 The occasional/hardly ever napper naps.

 Evidence of fun outside.

 Warm fire.

 My little "roo".

 And a few moments of time, just for me.  It was a very very good day. Couldn't have asked for a better one. In fact, I'd love a few more snowdays. I love being home as a family. Although snow? Adrian said "Enough is  enough."  I think I might have to agree, as I'm not sure to put any more snow.