More Mackay Winter Merriment

So these photos are from the last big storm. Not the current one. I think I've lost count. This was around the fifteenth, I think. We were finally able to fully outfit the kid for winter. It was too adorable. His snow boots came in (we ordered on sale "after the season"), we found him some snow pants, and we were good to go! It was so satisfying to see him appropriately dressed and know that he would be dry and warm (mostly!). Lovely.

All dressed up and someplace to go. Out!

Happily learning to smile for the camera!

Making his own snow angel... he did a pretty good job, but then freaked out when he couldn't get up by himself. I still hold it was just cause he didn't want to mess up the snow angel. :)

I love this little boy!

Luke and Andrew happily sprawled in the snow.

The winning picture of the day. What a great picture! I love my boys. (Luke says, "yeah, Lush my boyz!" when I tell them this. He is so sweet!)

Okay. Now don't call this a comeback! I hope to blog semi occasionally, but I have misplaced the camera, and need to look for it. I haven't been good at taking pictures lately, so I need to work on that. I have been working on some other household projects, so I don't have as much time. I could come up with some more excuses, but I won't. Anyway, enjoy the snow pictures, and we'll enjoy the snow!

Snow Angels

The snow is still falling down outside my windows as I type. It feels like it has been snowing for weeks! Oh, wait, it has! It is beautiful, but I am quite thankful that we don't have to go anywhere. We have banana/zucchini bread and coffee and tea. Lovely.

My husband posted today about our son's appreciation, or lack thereof, for my snow angel abilities. So I thought I should share his destruction of my beautiful creation. (And it totally made me think of the movie Snow Day when Andrew helped me up so I didn't have to mar my angel with handprints... Although I'm a bit embarrassed that I know that much about that movie!)


Here is Luke, happily sitting in the middle of my snow angel. He looks so innocent and sweet here.



And here is his alter-ego, trying to copy Mommy. It was such a hilarious time, watching Luke throw himself backwards in the snow and yell (I don't remember yelling or making those expressions...). He really enjoyed the snow. And it looks like we could go enjoy it again if we wanted to. I looked out this morning to see that our snowman's head might not be discernible anymore, but his body sure is. And that was from two weeks ago! Craziness. It is COLD!

Sleds and Snowmen

Here are just a few more pictures of our winter antics. Enjoy. I'm hoping to have a good video of Luke crawling on top of the snow maybe tomorrow or something. We'll see how it turned out.



We were working on a snow man...



Luke and I going down. These are from yesterday (or the day before? I'm so confused) so it wasn't icy yet.




My two silly boys. I can't seem to make both of them look at the camera at the same time to save my life! Gotta love 'em!

Lukey and Daddy on the Sled

Here is a quick clip of Andrew and Luke going down our little hill. We had a blast today playing in the snow. And, the bribery of a snack and special drink got the kid to come in without crying. Of course, he then threw a fit cause I wouldn't let him eat all the graham crackers he wanted... I guess you can't win them all.

But, we were each taking turns going down with him and counting. He loved yelling "Twoooo! Free!" but never "One." Oh well. I didn't get much of that in this grainy clip, but he does yell "two!" as they get started. He just had such a good time.

Sledding Fun!

These pictures are in no particular order. We took Luke out this morning for his first sled ride. The snow was too deep to really do much of anything except pull Luke on the top of the snow. When I tried to get on with him, we sank too deep to move or be pulled! It is crazy out there. Luke had an absolute blast playing in the "tow."

Daddy pulls Luke down our hill. He learned quickly to do balance checks and it was too fun to watch him.



Luke and I, not long before we called it quits. It was cold out there and Luke doesn't have boots or proper snow pants or gloves (we used a couple of pairs of socks). He was utterly unimpressed when told it was almost time to go in.


My two boys at the end of the line... Yes, that is his baby swing that we used to pull the sled because we didn't have any rope.

You may not be able to tell, but I'm kneeling on one knee here. The snow was right at my knees! It felt so deep! Almost too deep to do anything in.


This picture makes me laugh cause you can't even see all the snow around him. I think we used the flash. He just loved pulling handfuls of snow into the sled. :)

Overall, we had a delightful morning in the snow. It was fun to see Luke be old enough to actually notice what was going on. It'll only get better from here!

I'll leave you with Luke's thoughts on coming in to get warm...


Oh, and I wouldn't maximize this pic. There may or may not be streaks of a disgusting substance across his cheeks... So sad. Poor baby!

What We're Up To?

What a weekend. It is still snowing outside on top of the 19-ish inches we have now. Luke loves it. He calls it "tow." However, it's not all fun and games. You can read about our afternoon adventure yesterday "before it got bad out" over here. It was some scary stuff and I am quite thankful that we are safe, along with the rest of my extended family (including a brother who rode home from town, a 25 minute car ride, on an ATV).



He was quite enthralled with all the white stuff. And quite upset that we wouldn't let him stand there with the door open all night. Silly kid.


Concentrating on his drawing. He is just so much fun.



This is one of my favourites. Luke has started getting on his tummy to draw just this week and I think it is too cute. Here, he and Daddy are illustrating our adventures in the car yesterday.

Still to come... sometime, hopefully, maybe, possibly, some pics of our outdoor fun in all this white mess.

Mommy and Lukey

So, this is an older picture... I think it was a couple of months ago, but it was the first time Luke got to wear his little snowsuit that Uncle Luke and Aunt Helena bought for him. It was super toasty and that was nice cause it was freezing! Me, I'm wearing a sweatershirt that once belonged to Uncle Matty. Awesome. :)



I can't wait for him to be old enough to play in the snow!