Hooray! The sun!

The sun came out today!  It was so nice to take Big Mack outside and enjoy....

the sun

it was so nice and bright!

and the melting snow...

and making snowmen

This is one of my favourite pictures from all of today, mostly because it kinda shows who enjoys making the snowmen as much as the little people.

and of course we (by we I mean Mackenzie) enjoyed the puddles...alot.

oh yeah...and Mack and I were very super pumped to see some....GRASS!

sigh...the M & M's are crazy...

Lately I have found myself questioning the sanity of the little people in my life.  I am hoping that it is this insanely long winter, which by the way has passed the point of ridiculous as far as I am concerned. 

A-N-Y-W-A-Y...they are crazy.
MY PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

A little arts and crafts activity gone horribly wrong

The peanut butter fiasco...

I sweat she eats a crazy amount of peanut butter, like if we leave the the jar out, she tries like crazy to get it open...if (heaven forbid) we leave the lid off the peanut butter for more than 3.2 seconds, she has got hers little fingers in there scooping out what she considers a "daily serving".

No toast, no crackers, no mixing it with some bananas...

just a big old spoonful.

In the last little while the M & M's have actually been playing TOGETHER.  It usually starts out as a little bit of chasing, and then some hugs (I wish I got some pictures, they are cute--it's my mission) some dancing (also cute) and then the inevitable...the wrestling.

she's cute, but she is pretty darn tough too.

Craziness.

I hope it's really warm this week...and ALL the snow melts, and we can go to the park without 7000 pounds of winter gear-hey it's my blog I can hope for what I want :)

Schurman playground renovations....

Last year I wrote a little post about our "mini playground" that was in our basement, and how I was wondering if I would EVER have a grown up basement, like - gasp - a media room or something CrAzY like that.  Well my feelings have since changed a little bit about the need for a "grown up" basement...mostly because I married a man that is incredibly creative (just wait for the pictures), and talented, and surprises me everyday with how much he loves our kids, and what lengths he will go to to make them happy (ugh!  I know enough with the sappy, sap)...I'm not sure how we will ever sell our house, but I'm not really sure that I care...the M & M's will LOVE it, they already do. 

Two levels!

Pretty...

Darn...

Cool.

Who needs a media room...

Stay tuned...

Haircuts...

Big Mack got a haircut yesterday.  I think he looks sooo adorable, but I still love him with his long, long hair (probably because he looks like a little baby...)

My fave "look" from 2 years ago...

My fave "look" from today...

M & M Concentration

Some B&W (black and white) love.

The M & M's trying so hard to make the perfect "snow day" sculptures.

Snow Days!

Ugh!  Seriously, could it have been any colder this week?  The M & M's love going out...LOVE IT!  We spend quite a bit of time at the swimming pool, and going outside to play - lots of fun stuff...BUT...when it is this freaking cold, we put on our slippers and stay in our jammies. 

Sometimes though...the M & M's miss the outdoors...

so we stole an idea from our friends Jess &; Zack

(how cute are they?)

and we brought the outdoors...inside.

Get ready for another picture-pa-looza!

 *Gross...I know*

If i would have looked at this picture 10 years ago, I would have sworn that we were preparing for an epic party, complete with jello shooters....

it is water with food colouring (for another Snow Days activity) and because Big Mack has some sort of fascination with ice cubes and how they melt, and pouring them into different bowls and cups

 *it is probably his genius-ness coming through*

If sappy stuff makes you a little bit nauseous, make sure you stop reading here...

sometimes I look at pictures like this, and I wonder if I will ever miss the days where I pick up 73 little cars, trip over 12 princess babies, and find dinosaurs tucked into my bed...yeah I'm pretty sure I will miss it. 

Oh and sometimes I miss the "jello shooter" days...but not as much as I love "The Snow Days"

So much sap, right?