Snow!

The Chicago area got a ton of snow over the past week!  We haven't had this much snow since we moved here.  The girls think it's pretty fun!

The mailbox is basically buried!

Ice weapons!  Ryan pulled these off the house.  

Calvin's tooth

Calvin recently lost his first tooth too!  Today, in fact, at school.  We heard that the tooth fairy leaves double if the tooth is left on the kitchen table, so to ease Calvin's anxiety, we wrote her a note telling her where the tooth was so she could find it.  It says "In case you are confused, the tooth is downstairs on the table under the pillow."

Also, this weekend we took the boys to Ballocity in Burlington.  It is basically a giant jungle gym.  They had a lot of fun!

All About Ian

Ian lost his first tooth this week!

It was loose for a while. 

Today Ian caught a really nice bass ice fishing!

It was 4.5 lbs.  We had it for supper.

Outdoor Christmas Tree!

We put our Christmas tree outside this year!  It's a tree we cut from our woods.  With a toddler...and the patio finished...and windows at the right height...it worked out great and I LOVE IT!  We might keep putting it outside from now on.  It's more fun decorating it outside.  Doesn't matter if it tips over...no furniture to rearrange...

Store Pictures

The school was closed as an elementary school in 1972.  It's on the historic register. 

The woodwork is very nice! 

Ant farm

Felicity loves her ant farm!  The ants came on Saturday and they are hard at work building tunnels! 

Halloween

Calvin has been LOVING his new Lego creations.  He's even been gracious enough to insist that I keep the alligator on my night stand.  😊

The boys acting out their costumes.  Isaac's got the Spiderman pose down and Calvin's letting his skeleton bones dangle.

 End of the school day on Calvin's birthday.  He had an awesome day!