Snowy Day Fun

Here was one of my snowy day projects:

Before

 

 After

 

We played, went sledding, and then had dinner and dessert out at our new fire pit!  I broke down and bought one after the boys kept asking to make s'mores in Maine in our real fireplace (our fireplace at home is gas) and I realized that since the boys are at their Dad's Friday night, don't come back to us until bedtime Saturday night, and then we head home Sunday night, the boys aren't actually up in Maine any time in the evening that they could make s'mores.  I'm so happy we got it.  What fun it was for only $39!  It was great to get outside so much yesterday.  I have to say, having the fire pit made us feel like we were in the middle of the woods in the country instead of in our heavily settled neighborhood :)  A wonderful side effect of our busy active day was that both boys were exhausted at bedtime.  

We are loving being up in Maine skiing on the weekends.  The kids are loving skiing and their confidence is blooming in general which is a great side effect!  Such a nice thing to see.  It's really an activity that appeals to all ages and certainly levels the playing field among different size kids.  Being away on the weekends is also having a very positive effect on our house.  It stays so clean with us not being here on the weekends and it makes me feel a lot less monotonous and bored with housework since I get a mental break from the house two days a week.  Our winter is flying by and we are spending some really great family time together while also getting exercise and being outside.  Best decision we ever made.