Melting Snowman

And finally we have snow!  Its a rather late winter for us this year.  I'm not complaining, Canadian winters are not always fun and its been mild which is wonderful.  Considering that a "normal" Canadian winter means three kids that need snowboots, mittens, hats and coats EVERY time you leave in the house, its been nice to get away with quite a bit of just a coat and a hat winter. 

But the kids were excited to be able to finally build a snowman.  Who sadly melted away in a few hours. And it was a reminder to me to be thankful for the little things.  Like helping build a snowman.  I forgot what joy can be found in putting in the carrot nose and the sticks for arms!

And Cheyanne, trying to entice Kaylin to play tag.  She may not fetch, but who needs fetch when you have a dog that plays tag with the kids, fantastic way to get your kids to sleep the night away.

Ahhh....it felt GOOD to get outside....

Jacob has lost his black, brown, grey and blue mittens.  Guess which ones he hasn't lost?  yep...the old pink ones he found in the crawl space.....

I was reminded today that as a Mom sometimes you need to leave behind your to-do list, ignore your dishes, push back cleaning the bathroom until tomorrow and just PLAY!  And when you stop playing, that to-do list just doesn't seem quite so long or as important as it was before.