Artist in the house!

"Our House" by Cally 1/27/13

The end of January is a busy time for the Abbott's.  John starts a new semester.  I end a semester with exams and then start a new one.  But for the kids, it's just another time of the year.  We had some brutally cold weather recently.  The days were brilliant and sunny, but in the negative range.  It was frustrating.  You can only stay inside and draw so many pictures

"Dad and me at the beach"

On Saturday, when it was supposed to get into the positive double digits and John had to attend a leadership retreat for the day, I decided to just go for it and get out of the house with the kids.  I'm pretty sure between the weight of the children (60 lbs), the chariot and ski attachment  (37 lbs) and various other accessories (sleeping bag, fleece blanket, etc.), that I was pulling over 100 lbs up Smuggler's Notch...... It was a workout and it was cold (there isn't much sun in the notch).  But these two were having a ball.  As I rushed down the road because I was freezing and worried about the kids, I heard Cally busting out in song:

"I like winter, I like snow!
I like icy winds that blow,
I like snowflakes oh so light,
Making all the ground so white.
I like sliding down the hill
I like tumbling in a spill!
Oh! Ho! Seasons come
And Seasons go.
I like winter, I like snow!"

On Monday the weather gods finally brought us some new snow and Cally dragged her run down and sick parents out to sled with her and her brother in the backyard.  I'm so glad she did because within 24 hours, the snow was gone and 24 hours later everything was frozen solid! 

But these monkey's have nothing to complain about.  They are happy putting on their monkey jammies and doing their monkey dance.  And, in other big news, sharing a bedroom!  Yep, Hazey has moved to a big boy bed in Cally's room and it is possibly one of the cutest scenes I've ever seen!