Snow to our eyeballs or maybe just or Knee Caps

We have had a lot of snow these past 4-5 days. Last night as we were getting the kids dressed up to go outside and burn some energy playing in the snow, Jon mentioned that he wanted to go snow blow a path up our hill so the kids could walk up it. I thought he was crazy but told him we would meet him outside.

Once we got outside I was amazed that the snow was a few feet deep. Santa brought a new sled and Grandma and Grandpa gave us a new sled so we had plenty to go around. We all took turns going down our hill. It was a lot of fun. KJ really got it to playing outside last night. Jon and I both agreed that he had done a 180 from where he was at just a month ago when we first started playing in the snow. At first he would cry about everything. He did not like to walk in the snow or get his hands wet. Last night he would sled down all by himself over and over and over again. When he would get to the bottom he would yell out a scream and then belly laugh. It was so great!

We all really enjoyed our time outside last night. We were out for over an hour and then no one wanted to head back inside but it was getting late so we needed too.
I am sure this snow will get old by the time Spring arrives but it really has been so much fun this year with the kids. They LOVE being outside and they can even get their snow pants and boots on all by themselves now. That makes life a lot easier for the Mommy!

Last night as I was tucking KJ in, he was talking all excitedly about being outside and sledding down the hill by himself, with Ella, with Daddy, hitting the bottom, falling out of the seld etc.. It was one of those moments where I felt like he had changed (grown up) even since dinner which was 2 hours prior to that. I love when something like that helps me slow down and take a good look at my amazing children and how fast they are growing up. It felt great to be outside last night and observe the kids playing in the snow and enjoying every minute of it. Life has gotten easier as these kids no longer need us for every little thing!