Valentine's Day

Haley was so happy to get Valentine's gifts from all her friends and family. She also had a great time giving gifts to others as well. Haley and Daddy picked out flowers together and made Renee Valentine's Whoopie Pies (there are no pictures because they didn't last long enough). But you can click on the link to check out the recipe. Haley also gave cards with stickers to all her friends. What a great day!

 Haley's thinks this is the perfect food. She likes chocolate and she likes strawberries, but she loves chocolate covered strawberries.

 Yummy!

 Making Valentine's gifts for her friends

 Yes, this is a smile

Okay Dad, you can stop taking pictures!

Records Are Meant To Be Broken 2-09-2011

WOW! This latest storm is impressive even by Connecticut standards. The sad part is that the forecast was for only 2-4 inches for our area (Bentonville) while some areas of Northwest Arkansas where expected to get as much as 3-7 inches. Well, the forecast was way off. Many areas of NW Arkansas received at least 2 feet of snow! I measured about 18 inches outside our house.

UPDATE: The state of Arkansas has a new one-day snowfall record. According to 5NEWS Chief Meteorologist Garrett Lewis, the new total, which was set Wednesday, Feb. 9, is 23 inches. The record was set in Northwest Arkansas. Lewis says the old record dates back to 1918. It was a small band of snow which caused the large totals, explains Lewis. (Source: http://www.5newsonline.com/news/kfsm-northwest-arkansas-sets-state-snowfall-record-20110209,0,4528908.story )

Update#2 We didn't break the record :-( The highest recorded snow fall with this latest storm was 24 inches. It turns out that the record is 26 inches, which was set in 1918. Boo hoo.
Here are some pics, enjoy.

 Haley's Playhouse

 Our deck. I guess we should have brought in the cushions!

Looking out our front door at our neighbor's car.  

 Looking straight out our front door

 Looking South down our street from the end of our driveway. Our mailbox is buried.

 Same as above

 Looking North up our street from the driveway

 I was too lazy to shovel the whole sidewalk. Whatever though, there's still walking room.

 Our house from the street

 Shovel in snow for scale

Looking out our garage. I had to shovel the driveway twice. But once the snow was gone the sun helped to melt any last remaining patches of snow and it should be dry before the sun sets tonight.  

Latest Snow Storm

We had our second snow storm of the year yesterday. The video is way too short but I though it would be nice for those in CT to see that it's not all sunny and warm all the time down here. The plan was to go out and shovel while Haley played but she only lasted about 5 minutes because it was too cold and windy.

The snow storms around here don't produce a lot of snow. The bigger concern is usually the freezing rain and sleet. There is about a half inch of solid ice under the snow. Never mind the fact that they don't plow or salt the side roads. Hopefully we can get out today to play and chip away at the ice.

 Look in the background at Ellie and Sadie begging to come with us outside

We are heading out...

Haley does not like the wind! Burr

Enjoying The Warm Weather...While It Lasts...

Here are some pics and videos from Saturday. It was a beautiful day with temps in the mid 70's. How much snow has fallen in Connecticut, again? Just kiddin' ;-) Although, as I'm writing this post  the forecast is calling for 4-8 inches on snow to hit here sometime Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning. Yikes!

Haley and Anna being pushed by Sara while Rosalie rides Haley's motorcycle.

 

 

Playdate At Aspire Gym

Haley and I joined other kids for a playdate at Aspire Gymnastics Academy on Friday. The gym offers open play several times throughout the month. The kids are able to play on the equipment and get free gymnastic lessons. Haley loves to bounce on the trampolines and jump into the big foam pit. There are not too many pictures because many of them came out way too dark. The videos are funny though.

Our Rising Star

This past Saturday Renee, Haley and I decided to go furniture shopping. Okay, so maybe it was more Renee's idea than Haley's or mine, but none-the-less we were happy to go along. After a long day of looking at furniture we were all pretty tired and ready to go home and relax. On our way home, Haley (who at this point was exhausted) decided to start singing for us. Check out the following videos. We have a star here!

Haley doing vocal warm ups and then singing, "What R U Doing" and "Balloons In Da Air" 

 

Songs: "I Love You All The Time", "Party Time", and "Birds Flying With Sun In My Eyes"

Songs: "Ellie" and "Who I Love"

 

Songs: "Presents", "I Love Watching Movies", and "Eatin' Popcorn"

 

Catching Cars and Saying Goodbye

First "Major" Snow Of 2011

Well we had our first real snow fall here in Northwest Arkansas. We received about 3-4 inches, and yes, that is considered a lot around here. Here are some pics of Haley playing in the snow. 

 Can we go outside...Please!

 It didn't take Haley long to take off

 A little snow angel action

 Hanging with Rachel and getting snow out of her eye

 "So this is how you make a snowball, Haley"

Face plant

 Putting her to work

That smile is because she just threw a snowball at me

New Years With Grandma and Grandpa Joe

 Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum

 Look at those legs

 More Presents

 Grandma trying to negotiate with Haley about letting her have some of the candy for the gingerbread house

 Haley's negotiating face...she always wins

Yummy!