A Perfect Sunday

What a perfect day we were blessed with on Sunday here! We had a great morning and message in both Sunday School and worship, lunch with some of our favorite people, and perfect weather for a day at the park! After days of gloomy, rainy weather, this was just what the kids (and probably more so me) needed! God is so good!!

Lily and Bear were so much fun at the park. We loaded up the wagon with Bear and a few essentials while Lily got on her scooter and walked over to Dellinger Park. It took us a little while to make it - Lily is still trying to master her scooter, so there were several pauses on our trip over. We headed first for the playground and actually made it there before the normal afternoon crowds do. This little boy loves to slide...and he's so cute doing it!

Lily perfomed in her classic big sister style...pulling Bear by the hand everywhere she wanted him to go. Lucky for her, he still thinks she hangs the moon and he was thrilled to let her direct his every move!

When the playground was invaded by bigger kids, we headed over to practice Lily's scooter on the track around the football field. After 2 laps around, she's much improved! We then headed over to the other end of the park to feed the ducks/geese some leftover bread. I'm always a little nervous that either a.)one of my kids is going to get too close to the edge and fall in the water or b.) one of the crazy aggressive geese is going to attack us for our bread but we survived, and I had fun practicing with my camera while the kids their feathered friends!

Notice the huge chunk of bread in the water...Bear has not yet mastered the art of tearing the bread into bite sized pieces.

I tried my best to get a photo op of the two of them together...Bear was not being cooperative :) Notice Lily's hands around his neck in an effort to help reign him in!

Love these 2 and love the perfect day I got to share with them!!

Snow Day II

Tuesday was more of the same - no school, no commute in to work, and lots of fun in the snow.

We got the wagon out and took a stroll around our neighborhood. We saw lots of fun snow sculptures, including an igloo and a snow castle!

Since we can't drive Momma's car anywhere, we got the jeep out to give the snow and ice a try...

I guess this is how a lot of Atlanta drivers have felt the last few days!

We played in the snow a bit more - it was much icier today than yesterday.

We even got surprised by another short snow shower - it was just beautiful.

Snowball fights occurred - but you had to play by Lily's rules, "No snow in the face or head!" I made that mistake and was told I couldn't play anymore :)

Days like this just can't be beat!!

The Great Snow Day 2011

Late Monday morning, we bundled up to try out the snow for a bit. I realized that we are pretty ill-prepared for the snow - no waterproof coats or gloves - but we made the best of it with lots of layers! We spent the first part of the day throwing snowballs, making snow angels and watching some of the older kids in our neighborhood try to sled down the road on the icy hill. Later in the day, we gave sledding/tubing a try ourselves and had a blast! I went down a few runs with Lily and Bear and by the end of the night, Lily was a pro at sledding on her own! It was the definitely the best snow day I've had! Here a few of my favorite pictures from our day:

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Let It Snow!!

For a week now, the local weather forecast has called for a "significant" snow storm to hit the North Georgia area on Sunday night/Monday morning. Now it doesn't snow often in Georgia - and we've already had a night of bad ice and the first Christmas Day snowfall in a century, so I was a bit skeptical that we would actually see another accumulating snowfall this season. On Saturday though, reports were looking more and more convincing though, so we did trek out to the grocery store to stock up on a few items just in case. By Sunday night, it was obvious the snow was coming and Lily and Bear couldn't have been more excited.

We had a picnic dinner while we watched the news/weather reports regarding school closings! Yeah for us - school is cancelled!

The kids had snowflake and snowman chicken nuggets to go along with the snow theme!

After dinner, it was a late night free-for-all. Lily and Bear made a jumping obstacle course around the living room and played until they couldn't play anymore!

We tucked them into bed and while they were dreaming...

this started happening!

The snow was beautiful - and I don't think I've ever seen it fall so fast. The flakes were big and were really blowing in the wind! I went to bed a bit before Josh, but he actually saw and heard snow thunder later in the evening!

I got up early to check the snowfall/weather reports, as I typically commute into Atlanta before daylight. Not on Monday morning - we had close to 5 inches of snow, and with the wind, we had some snow drifts of 8 inches on our back deck. I spent the snow day instead loving on these 2 precious little ones:

We made snowmen out of donuts for a breakfast treat and got set to enjoy the first of a few snow days!

A Very Cubbie Christmas - After Christmas Show

Our Awana Christmas program was scheduled for a Wednesday in late December - but ice hit the Metro Atlanta area and it was called off at the last minute! The kids had been practicing for weeks and we wanted to give them the chance to perform on stage for the parents and grandparents, so we decided to put on an After-Christmas Christmas Program! Who says the spirit of Christmas is limited to December anyway??

I was in the program as a puppet, so my friend Katie and her sweet mom Cindy snapped these pics for me while I was playing my part as Luv E Lamb.

Bear is a Puggle this year (2 year old Awana group). They got to sing Jingle Bells with the Cubbies as the opening song! He then went and sat with the Jones family to watch the rest of the program.

I love this picture - he is concentrating hard on his jingle bell!

Lily and Katie Anne are on the far right, first row of Cubbies. They also did a great job remembering all the many songs they had learned this fall and reciting their memory verse "A Savior has been born to you"

A Bear Sandwich!

Roll Tide Roll

We had one thing on our mind for New Year's Day - Roll Tide! We cheered our team onto a GREAT victory!

Daddy's got big dreams that this little boy might just wear Crimson one day :)

New Year's Eve!

It's funny how your idea of a memorable New Year's Eve changes with having kids. Most years, Josh and I go out to dinner with friends and typically go to a friend's house to ring in the New Year. This year, we were without a babysitter and decided to celebrate with Lily and Bear - and Laney too as you'll see from the pictures. We made a big deal out of staying up to midnight and I even got the kids to take a late afternoon nap with me while Josh was watching UGA's bowl game with friends. We got up and met Josh, Mammy and Paw at a local Japanese restaraunt for a late dinner date. After dinner, we headed home to see if we could all stay awake until midnight!

Bear played cars to pass the time

While running errands earlier in the day, Lily and Bear picked out noisemakers and party hats. Laney was the first to don one for our little New Year's Eve party!

We made it to ring in the New Year...I had no doubt this little energizer bunny would make it!

Happy New Year!!