January 21, 2011
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Winter Fun
We had a very quiet start to the winter with almost no snow until we got well into January and now we've had 3 storms in a week all with fairly significant snow amounts. The little boys have been looking forward to snow because it means sledding, snow man building and snow ball fights. The older boys, Grant especially, have turned the corner from looking forward to snow to dreading it. Now that they have to help clear snow they aren't nearly as excited about it. They will, with prodding from me, go out and "help" the little boys with sledding. The big secret is, they enjoy it after they are out there, even though you'd think I was sending them out into a torture chamber to start with.
Grant took these pictures of the boys outside sledding the other day.
Augustin is the kid who LOVES the snow and BEGS me to go out. He doesn't care if it's for sledding or snow removal jobs, he just wants to be out and moving. He'll stay out for hours too.
More snow today means more fun (and work) outside.
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While we hardly ever get any snow, the bonus is that we don't get enough to have to shovel anything! We can just drive over any in the driveway, because it's never more than 3 or 4 inches, ha! And it's usually warm enough to melt it within a few days.
How cool to have Augustin, to enjoy being in the snow whether it's for work or play! Do you wonder if he'll be like that his whole life? Does he enjoy all outdoor things?
@bethro78 - Augustin just loves to work, period. He'll drop anything to help you do something, especially if it involves manual labor of some kind. I wish all my boys were as helpful and hard working as he is. He's not keen on cleaning up messes around the house such as toys, etc that is Samuel's department, but he loves to work hard.
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