Snow adventure

For the week of 1/14-1/20

 This is what happens when Reid gets his own bread...

 Miles and I went to Twos Together at the library! He loved it.

 Then we built some puzzles. Too bad we were missing one piece.

 Reid made a sign, it says, "Reid's restront."

 Hahaha

 Here's what winter looks like in Oregon. Miles and I played outside in the mud, then when Ru and Reid came home from school, they joined us!

 It was very cold after a while, so we went inside to make some homemade hot chocolate.

Aftermath.

 

I went in for some allergy testing. It turns out I do in fact have a pistachio allergy. So sad. I also had a reaction to peanuts and cashews, so the allergist says to keep eating those in case I develop an allergy some day. Apparently if you stop eating something you have a propensity to becoming allergic to, that could trigger an allergy. So interesting, because I hadn't had any pistachios for a long time before the one time I had that bad reaction. So cashews and peanuts it is for me! He also did a grass allergy test and that one was the worst! So itchy! I definitely have hay fever. So now I have an epipen and carry that and benadryl with me just in case.

 Andy and I took Miles out for a date at Starbucks since we had a gift card.

 Reid painted this at school.

 Laying on the tiny doll bed. Hah!

 Reid found a worm! Our kids really love worms.

 We busted out the wood and lit a fire. It was soooo lovely.

 The kids all got a bath, then we settled around the fire while I read The Long Winter. Best evening ever.

 Reid had the idea for this cool butterfly art. I helped him pull it off.

 Ruby wanted to wake Miles up from his nap, which was so sweet. We really don't need a baby monitor anymore, but it's still cute/fun to have.

 On Monday it was MLK day, so no school. We woke up early in the morning, got in the car...

 ...and headed up Mount Hood! We got there nice and early. The snow was a little icy, but just the top layer. There was this fun igloo there that someone had built the day before. The kids had lots of fun playing in it.

 Building a tiny snowman. The snow was decently soft below the top ice crust.

 Miles kept following Ruby, then I had to follow Miles. I kept going hip deep in the snow though!

 We did some sledding, not a lot. It was super fun though! We went to an old sled hill called Snow Bunny. They used to operate it and you had to rent tubes, etc, but now it's just a free for all. Perfect.

 We had gotten new boots and gloves for Reid, and he stayed super toasty warm. So opposite of when we went to the snow with him as a baby when he screamed for a few hours.

 <3 Andy looks so handsome and distinguished with the gray in his beard.

 I love my family. We brought some hot chocolate and that was a big hit.

 Then Andy and the kids dug a snow tunnel!

 Kicking through to the other side.

 He was pretending the Bilibo was his puppy.

 We left Snow Bunny at around lunch time and went to a nearby ski lodge to eat our packed lunch! It worked out perfectly. And we ran into Ruby's teacher Mrs. Wick there skiing with her kids!

 Trying not to fall asleep on the way home. Miles took a nice nap.

The wet snow clothes pile that took two days to dry out. Haha!