Snow Day- again

To the twins, we must seem to be the biggest liars.  We told them in Lithuania that we did not get much snow in Virginia.  God heard that has once again proven that HE is in charge.  We have had SO much snow it's beyond ridiculous- ridiculous for Virginia, normal for say, Michigan....  

Last night snow was forecast and it actually started falling fast and thick, right on schedule.  Movie night was requested- so homemade popcorn and The Little Mermaid happened! {Side Note- The Little Mermaid is a movie we saw at the Baby House in Lithuania- and the twins have loved watching it in English!}  

I made Alden's breakfast of choice, monkey bread, turkey bacon, eggs and bananas.  Yum!  After bumming around in our PJs, our good friends the Ws came over and enjoyed sledding down our hill even though this was a super wet snow- and it started sleeting/freezing rain.  Everyone had fun- sleds and a kayak turned sled!  Hot chocolate was perfect afterwards and then the kids enjoyed puzzles, Just Dance, and playing.  

It's been nice to have some downtime!

Yum! 

Eating

It was pretty quiet as everyone ate- that means it was a huge hit!

Ready to sled!

Avery!

SO happy!

Asher preferred to sweep than to sled

Hannah and her Mom

Kayaking down the hill!

3 friends!

BFF's already working together

A whole other meaning to "white" water....

Ready....

Puzzle time! The girls were playing dolls upstairs

Future architect

A Little Learning

We have been busy learning around here- or at least attempting to!  Homework time has been a bit more of a challenge with our new and improved family.  We are slowly working the kinks out- and while we do that, everyone is at least incredibly cute!

Working hard

Sneaking in some play time with Addie's new game while she works

Addie is amazing!  She is doing her homework and overseeing Asher's cutting session

Writing down his Scholastic book wish list- love that he appears to be a lefty!

Popcorn and The Little Mermaid- it was snowing and school was canceled!

How better to read than inside not 1 laundry basket but TWO!?

Growing Together

Every day passes with us growing closer together as a family of 6.  Some days are easier than others; every day is filled with laughter and tears, but mostly laughter.  We are thankful each and every day for the family God has given us- for all of our children and the gifts that they are to us.

The twins love taking Addie and Alden to Goddard every day- and they are still pretty convinced that each and every school bus is THE bus that they are on!  They wave good-bye as they get on the bus and jump up and down with excitement when the bus drives up to return Addie and Alden at the end of the day.  It is so sweet to see how much Asher and Annalise adore their older siblings- and how much Adeline and Alden enjoy being celebrities!

Sweet Sisters!

 The twins have had oodles of doctors visits- and they have been champs at them all!  We are slowly getting all the puzzle pieces so we can better figure out how to best help them.

Dr Visit Pros!

Loves her CarSeat Pal!

Napping

My 4 loves

Dress-up!

Story Time at the Library with Grandma Jenny

We are SO blessed- each and every day!  We are so thankful for meals that continue to arrive so that we can focus on our growing family- and potty training Asher- but that is another post....

Fun Around the House

We have had lots of fun learning what it's like to be a family of 4!  Here are some of those moments!

Asher loves trucks

The twins painting with forbidden paint at a friends house...

Sweeping Snow

Beautiful Adeline

Sledding Races

Masks are a huge hit!

Swimming 

Asher LOVES swimming

Annalise is part fish

Super Mickey loves to clean!

Poor Kierke- she is a teacher here, wearing Addie's glasses

All 4 swimming during swim team!

January Snow "Storm"

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.

Lila, Adeline and Asher- Ashers's face is so stoic...

Alden was a total speed demon!

Alden, Winston, Jack and Annalise- these 4 are going to be best buddies!

Alden, Addie and Lila- their faces just say it all!

Who needs a sled when the entire hill is ice??

A family shot while Rebecca was still in town! 

Al taking Asher

The Peanut Gallery

Annalise's turn

Al taking his girls

SO happy!

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!

2 handing it

Yum!

Not sure of what to think of the marshmallows- once she tried one, she LOVED them!

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!!