March Update... March Madness... SNOW madness!

My little daredevil is spinning and cartwheeling around town… We have finally discovered a place where he can channel his flipping in a safe environment. I love seeing him in his zone and will never tire watching him find such enjoyment in what he is doing.

More snow… and we give in! We are going to just enjoy it as long as we can and as long as we can ski.

We are definitely still wearing our jersey’s with pride!!!

We are eager to have our backyard back…

ST. Patricks Day:

Is about everything green… Including, green eggs, green cream cheese and a green smoothie!!! I won’t them over with my culinary skills again!

Our one eyed snowman watches over our house while we are sleeping, but even he wants a tropical vacation!

Did someone say road trip… Roads cleared and we are getting OUT of the house!!!

My morning date… waiting for a school delay… but no dice! At this point, summer break isn’t going to start until summer is half over!!

March is LONG… Winter never seems to end…

February is COLD in New England!!! So did not read the small print...

HUGE year for the Patriots and would like to think their Super Bowl win this year was just a welcome home gift… Great game regardless of the deflated ball issue that looms, but our household is full of Boston Strong spirit and celebrating the win… and yet another snow day!!!

Growing up in Upstate New York, I have seen my fair share of snow storms.. but after living in Florida for the past decade and then in China, I feel like a novice in preparing for homebound status that follows these crazy Nor’ easters. Way too many snow days already —

As you can see the kids were pretty miserable out there in the snow…

But when it was time to come in and warm up… we were not lacking in entertainment.

We took a few field trips on our snow days and walked to Waynes for hot chocolate… We put snow angels all over town!

Ayden was first out and last in…

We weren’t too put out with the snow days… with a roaring fire, a nice bottle of wine and an in house spa… I was in heaven!

Once we were able to get out… we were first up and out and shredding first tracks!

I have never seen so much ice build up… and the Ice dams became a huge PIA!

I kept him good company outside and didn’t have to worry much about my chardonnay getting warm...

It took two days but we dug out the grill and the fire pits… we aren’t going to let a little snow keep us from enjoying our backyard!

I even dug out snow benches…

For a winter night of BBQ in the snow…

It seems like the kids have not been to school in weeks… I think they are happy to be returning… until the next storm to come in tomorrow!

Bringing in the New Year of 2015! Hello January!

What moms do while their kids are at school…

I have to admit, we are all excited to finally live in a town where we can see all the seasons change. I have heard that winters can get long.

We weren’t going to let the cold keep us from the beach… we feel like we just hung up our bathing suits and we are holding onto our time at the beach with every last muscle.

The Patriots had a big win last night!! It has been so fun watching them dominate! What a great welcome home gift! Go Pats!

Not going to lie… colder then we thought…

But didn’t stop us from a few games of beach soccer…

We were honored to be invited by a great friend of ours to join her and her husband for a skyline view of the Newburyport harbor while have lunch. It was an incredible experience and bonus to have done it during a snow storm.

Before we knew it, the snow was piled high and didn’t seem to have an end in site. The snow days have started and I am wondering if it is a bit too early to get stir crazy…

We are trying to get creative with our snow days… and this morning, we aced the skin tattoos!

Then of course we had to compliment our tattoos with some homemade T-shirt designs. To go along with the dances we are choreographing.

After a few days of being snowed IN… literally, we finally made good use of this fluffy white stuff and got serious about our skiing and snowboarding.

Mental Status: Moderately happy with a hint of worry. Love the snow, but can see this getting old. Fingers crossed we make it through all these storms projected.