New Program

Just a test:-)

What A Week!

We have had quite a week in Valdez!  It feels like the snow would not stop, which is exciting, except that Adam has been underway and I had the job of shoveling a lot snow while watching 2 children at the same time.  I am pooped, but Adam will be home soon, and just in time!  Here are some pictures to give you an idea of how much snow we got.  I don't know the snow total, but it felt like at least 3 feet of snow feel in the last 7 days!

 

Fun In the Winter!

We have been staying busy the last 2 weeks with a bit of a lifestyle change!  Living in Alaska in the winter I am afraid we fell into the TV trap!  With some days being to cold and windy to go outside (much of December) we got in the habit of turning on cartoons (educational cartoons of course) in the morning and then watching way to much TV throughout the day.  So our New Years Resolution...  Turn off the TV!  Okay, not completely, but we are reducing cartoons to one hour in the morning and one our in the afternoon.  To some this still sounds like a lot, but it is a big help if I plan to get anything done during the day, including a run on the treadmill.  So we have been doing crafts, coloring, painting, reading, playing trains, walking and sledding.  It is taking some getting use to, but the kids are doing surprisingly well with the change.  Soon it will be our new normal and we are all feeling much better for it.  Below are some pictures of our last week!

I got this idea from Pinterest (I get most of my ideas from there...)

All three eating snow!