Winter living

With the first real snow of the year falling outside the windows it does begin to feel very wintery. And there are activities that goes well with that. Being stuck indoors has benefited my cross stitching and I finished up this lovely little fly swatting trilogy:

and got started on the next project which is an outer space inspired picture I bought on Etsy

Teresa has already asked if she can have it in her room once it is done. Awwwwww. Mom’s favorite teenager❤️❤️❤️❤️

Luca also enjoys the cold weather as it allows him (and his friend) to channel some of those hormones into destruction AKA “ice smashing”. All you need is a frozen pond and some serious sticks:

And then you smash away! I really do believe that the youngsters of today get to smash way too little stuff in the real world and based on how popular this activity is when Luca has friends over, it seems like they agree. Here is some serious rock throwing going on:

Bailey loves it too. I often unleash him and let him run around checking out whatever interests him, and every single time the boys throw a rock he thinks it is maybe an animal he needs to chase #funforall

This winter we have tried some culinary novelties as well. I present you with - drum roll please - dessert hummus

Teresa spotted it in Aldi and was super excited. I must say that I was somewhat skeptical, but it is awesome. It tastes like brownie batter and you can eat it with pretzels or fruit or on bread.

So overall I think we are going to get through this winter with our sanity intact. Stay chill✌🏻