On Saturday, January 23, we took off to visit Winterthur, the original home of the Du Pont family. They were having a free admission day so despite the windy 30 degree weather, we were going out there BY GOLLY. Especially because it was free. Especially because we wanted to do something "normal" instead of house hunting or buying cars or all the stupid grown up things we've been up to.
They had a very neat little children's play area...very imaginative. A bit spooky, but Brian got a cool picture of Michael playing around it:
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And they had this funny mushroom garden that Michael loved walking around on:.JPG)
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They had this HUGE nest which looked big enough for a pteradactyl and lots of other awesome things. I would love to do a photoshoot out there one day when the sun isn't directly overhead and the trees aren't casting shade everywhere.We had a great time and then drove 30 minutes out of the way to get some Chipotle for Brian in West Chester, PA. It was WORTH EVERY MINUTE.
On January 31st, we got our 1st snow here. Michael was not about to wait until morning to play in the snow. So at 9:00pm, he grabbed his shovel and went to work:
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Only 3 or 4 inches that night!This Friday night - Saturday afternoon, we got a full out winter storm. "Snomageddon" as Obama was calling it. I don't know about that in DE, but I hear it was a bear in D.C.!
Friday night, we went out about 7pm and started shovelling our driveway. SUPER fun with the snow all around. Good thing we have experience playing in snow in a good snow storm (See Feb. 2009 - Switzerland posts)! AND good thing we have our Aigle ski wear. We LOVE that stuff. Our Aigle ski wear keeps us so warm, we are usually sweating outside in 24 degree weather.
Then Saturday, we were housebound until 4pm. When it stopped snowing all over, we stepped outside for another playday!
Brian and Michael are SO SO CUTE in this picture:
Then Saturday, we were housebound until 4pm. When it stopped snowing all over, we stepped outside for another playday!
Brian and Michael are SO SO CUTE in this picture:
Michael has the most adorable smile. And to those who think my son just SMILES for the camera without hesitation, THINK again. You should have seen him squirming and yelling. But then I told him to watch Mommy eat up the snow, and I got this face up there.Michael playing in a huge pile of snow:
Birds gettin' out of town:
And I LOVE these berries:
Gonna do some room in my house (not sure which) with these berries, dark brown, light blue (maybe very light turqouise) and this gorgeous deepish red. Kind of like my blog design, but more like the colors at this bridal shower:As you can see, got a lot of decorating ideas in my head right now. We put a very low ball offer on a house today and am wondering if they'll send us back to our apartment rental. :)
Love,
P
