snow day, circus and yucky ears

we love snow days. I realize that not everyone does and I so I will try to be sensitive....
we have good reasons to love them - the best being that tom gets the day off whenever it snows much. another being that we don't have to shovel at all - a perk of renting. and tom pointed out that someone like me (laid back, no need to be in control) loves an excuse to have no control. its true. an excuse to do nothing but lounge around and play? what could be better?
the 4 of us made the short trek to the park... it was beautiful... and fun. the hill was a perfect size for little guys....





and what could be better on a cold, snowy day than fresh baked goods? ummmmm these Cowboy Oatmeal Cookies are worth making.... id say they're on the list of my 4 favorite cookies right now. maybe even top 3. zucchini bread too... smells so yummy baking ...no link... but worth making.
tom and i played lots of games too ... he even made up a new one this weekend.
again, i love snow days.
Simeon went to the circus on Saturday. He went with mike and joanna (bday present from them) .... and he loved it! His favorite parts were the elephants and the icecream. He came home with a whizzing, light up sword. He's been happily talking about all that he saw ever since.

thank you Mike and Jojo!!!
and poor little Justy woke up this morning with blood draining from his ear.... back to the dr's...back on antibiotics. but thank God for his tubes.... really... it could be so much worse.
and another week begins, and its looking just a little more like spring, and theres just a few more minutes of quiet before the 1 year old and 3 year old inventors/instigators/gigglers wake up and i'm going to go be productive=)