Once there was a snowman...

That was fun! I'm going to pose as Amy on her blog again! (this is Neil again)

This picture is fresh from yesterday. We had a decent snowfall Saturday night, and it was wet snow. I know because I shoveled a lot of it and it got heavy quick. Wet snow makes for a great snowman. So, event though it was dark, the kids went outside to play in it. I freaked out once because I heard the hose running. Turns out the video I shared with the kids about someone making an igloo inspired Sam and he was wetting it down to freeze overnight.

Mikey went outside and made this all by himself. Conner and I had to help him lift the middle part, but he did the rest. Mikey gets into trouble because of a little temper sometimes, but he really is a genuinely good, sweet, smart, creative kid  

Also, I grabbed this quick photo of Sam.

This is literally a standard photo of him almost all the time. I swear he's read more books before he's ten than I have in my whole life. He is always reading, and the other boys are also always reading. I guess its a good thing, but the body needs exercise too - not just the brain. I actually envy how much they get to read. Mikey and I started reading the Fabelhaven books together, but by a third of the way through book #2, I got hooked and ended up reading the rest of it by myself...all the way to finish book 5. So, they are actually inspiring me to read too.

Sammy also made brownies (from a mix) tonight, and Amy wasn't feeling up to cooking last night, so she showed him the recipe for alfredo sauce and he made that himself too. In fact, one friday afternoon, Amy was asleep so he went ahead and made our pizza dough for pizza night. And his dough was better than when Amy and I make it from the same recipe! Now, he's made it a few weeks in a row.

One of the perks of parenthood is seeing your little babies grow up, learn, and finally help around the house. I love them.