Our Biggest Snowstorm on Record [Part 2]

Jack trying so hard to snowshoe!

Grace playing a a snow drift!

Eve found shelter near the door on our front deck!

Jack standing outside of our garage.

Grace & Jack

This is what a blizzard looks and feels like!

Jack

Grace and Jack enjoying all of the snow!

Jack

Grace trying to look at me through all of the snow and wind!

Brrrrr.

Our Biggest Snowstorm on Record [Part 1]

Our biggest snowstorm on record has finally ended!  Here are some pictures that I took this morning of Grace, Jack and Eve.  It continued to snow here in Scarborough, Maine through the afternoon so imagine adding six more inches onto the snowfall seen here(!).

Here is a picture of our sweet Eve.  The snow that we ended up receiving was much taller than she was.  I don't think Eve knew quite what to think of all this snow!

Here is Grace exploring all of the snow in our backyard!

Jack loves snow and all he kept saying was, "THIS IS AMAZING!" over and over again when he first looked out the window this morning and as he was playing outside.  This picture shows what we saw when we first opened our garage doors!

This is a great picture because it shows just how much snow we really have and how deep it is!  Grace had a great time playing and digging holes in the snow drifts.

Jack initially tried to walk using his snowshoes but quickly realized that there was just too much snow!

This picture of Eve shows her standing in our garage looking out onto all of that snow in our driveway. 

I love this picture of Grace looking at all of the snow in our backyard.

Here is a view of all of the snow in our driveway, front yard and porch.

Grace playing in the snow in our driveway!

This picture shows Jack on our deck.  He worked really hard to get all the way out there!

Eve watching Grace playing up there in that snow that is so much taller than Eve is!

Grace made a little bed for herself in the snow!

More pictures coming tomorrow!

Where's Grace?!!

Here is a picture of our Gracie girl that I took first thing this morning.  Since this picture was taken we have received at least 6-7 additional inches of snow and it's still snowing.  I have LOTS more blizzard pictures to go through.  I'll post more tonight!

Over 30 inches of snow!

We made it through the night with our electricity ON!  We woke up this morning to a blizzard - lots of snow and white out conditions.  We have well over 30 inches of snow with snow drifts measuring feet high! We took Grace and Jack outside this morning while Eve was still asleep (poor little Eve - the snow is taller than her!).  I took some pictures, which I'll post later today.

We're Ready for this Blizzard!

 We have two handsome snow blowers.

 We have one very excited snow shoveler....

...and an official snow measurer.

We are prepared as we can be for this storm!

I'll post more pictures tomorrow!

It's a Blizzard!

We are getting LOTS and LOTS and LOTS more snow.   It has been snowing all day and the worst of it (the blizzard conditions) will begin later this afternoon and last all through the night and all day tomorrow.  It is possible that we may get between 2-3 feet of snow!  I just hope that we do not loose electricity and that we get less snow than Eve is tall!  We are going outside soon to play in all this snow while the snowfall and wind levels are still manageable and fun.  I hope to post pictures later - unless we loose power.  :)

Grace's 100th Day of Kindergarten!

I made this 100 tally mark shirt for Grace to wear to celebrate her 100th day of kindergarten today!  Grace could hardly wait to get to school this morning to begin celebrating her 100th day of school!  Each child in Grace's class was asked to bring in 100 items of their choice.  Grace also made a 100 hand print book, a 100 paperclip chain and a 100 bead necklace to share with the class.

  

The back of Grace's shirt. 

Look at all of those grown up teeth coming in!  Grace has already changed so much since she started kindergarten.  Grace is such a bright, confident and kind girl with a glowing spirit and so full of life --everyone who knows our Grace loves her so, so dearly.  She is like a bright ray of sunshine who lights up a room!

Hooray for the 100th day!

Snow

We are expecting some snow this coming Friday.  I took this picture of Jack two weeks ago working very hard on his "digger" in the snow that was in our backyard.  Since then, much to the dismay of Jack, all of our snow has melted!  We may be receiving a very big storm on Friday -- possibly up to two feet of snow. This would make our hard working boy very, very happy!

Sisters

Grace and Eve are so cute together.  They look so much alike and every day Eve is becoming more and more like her big sister!  I love this picture of Grace and Eve together in their footsie pajamas after bath time.  Grace is reading Eve one of her favorite goodnight books and Eve couldn't have been any happier!

 

Six More Weeks of Winter!

 Grace, Jack and Eves' groundhogs did indeed see their shadow on Saturday!  

Since the ground was frozen solid Grace, Jack and Eve found the one and only snow patch left in our yard to place their groundhogs!  They had to work hard at it because there was a hard layer of ice on top of the snow.

Grace and her groundhog!

Eve kissing her groundhog!

Jack working on his excavator with his groundhog close by his side!

 Jack showing Eve what to do with her groundhog to make it see its shadow!

You can click here, here, here and here to see our Groundhog Day from 2010, 2011 and 2012. 

Groundhog Day...

...six more weeks of winter in Scarborough, Maine!

More pictures tomorrow.

Paperwhites

Maddy had given Grace, Jack and Eve several paperwhite bulbs and we have enjoyed watching them grow over the past few weeks.  The delicate snow-white flowers are so pretty and remind us of spring. 

Have a lovely weekend and don't forget about Groundhog Day tomorrrow!   ;)