Tuesday a snow storm was forecasted to hit our area. Since it was supposed to start mid-morning, schools closed. Adeline was devastated- she missed her friends! Alden was fine with it.... Finally by the early evening, the snow started- and we woke-up to about 2" of snow covering the ground! Asher was ecstatic as snow is his FAVORITE thing! It was c-o-l-d- temps in the single digits- but that did not stop the 4 Perreca children- and thus their parents- from going out and enjoying The Perfect Sledding Hill- aka, our back yard. All the neighbors came over and together, there was quiet a collection of sleds!
Lots and lots of sledding happened over the next few days- school was out for the entire week (which means Addie and Alden will have been out of school for 5 weeks which is about 4 weeks too long of family-together-not-in-the-summer-time).
The twins loved the snow and you could tell that they had never experienced it like THIS! Annalise could not get enough of sledding- she is such a dare devil. Asher would sled a few times and then be perfectly content grabbing a handful of snow and tossing it into the air.
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| Lila, Adeline and Asher- Ashers's face is so stoic... |
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| Alden was a total speed demon! |
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| Alden, Winston, Jack and Annalise- these 4 are going to be best buddies! |
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| Alden, Addie and Lila- their faces just say it all! |
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| Who needs a sled when the entire hill is ice?? |
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| A family shot while Rebecca was still in town! |
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| Al taking Asher |
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| The Peanut Gallery |
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| Annalise's turn |
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| Al taking his girls |
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| SO happy! |
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| This pic captures the beautiful, happy chaos of our sledding hill! |
Hot Chocolate Breaks were needed throughout the day- the twins LOVED it and so did Adeline and Alden- and I may have enjoyed a few cups myself!
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| 2 handing it |
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| Yum! |
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| Not sure of what to think of the marshmallows- once she tried one, she LOVED them! |
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| Bottoms- Up! |
Even though this snow was not when I would have liked it, it did force us to have extra family time- which I think was good in the end! It was a good way for the twins to learn more about being a family and let them still meet our friends! I won't lie though- I am looking forward to school starting up for Adeline and Alden on Monday- they need their routine and own little worlds.
An added bonus to this whole snow-vacation? Everyone can now totally dress themselves in their snow gear in record time! No longer does it take 2,000 hours to get out the door!!
