Blizzard of '08!

[annissamazing]

Oh yeah. We had a blizzard this weekend. I took this picture this morning. It's my backyard.



Having the driveway shovelled was the best $18 I've ever spent.

Dominic is becoming a trackbuilder extraordinaire:

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[annissamazing]

Oh! And I wanted to take him out yesterday to build a fort in the snow (it's perfect for forts!), but he said he didn't want to go out.

I'm always amazed by the arrangements he makes with those train tracks. In the beginning it was hard for me to allow him to just build. I wanted to configure them like the little brochures that come with the tracks say. And then nail them down. I'm glad Justin talked me out of that. It's so neat to see him build and play with them.

[candyleehuff.livejournal.com]

I have a difficult time with that kind of stuff myself. Jay is helping me though. I let Kyanna decorate her own birthday cake all by herself (she turned 5, Ramius is 11 and I've never let him do it) but Jay encourages the kids to do as much as they can with very little intervening and only at their request. It was so hard to watch her do it, but I was so glad I did! Her face was beaming with pride when she was done. I still need to post some pics (I just uploaded them to my computer over the weekend). It turned out so much better than what I'd imagined it would. And she got a huge confidence boost out of it. So worth it!