what we do in between snowstorms

We go to the park and avoid the dirty snow and giant puddles:








we complain a little


but we make ourselves feel better by trying on last year's sun hat and this year's sandals*:


We go on boat rides in the living room. "watch out for the water, Mama! It's getting higher and higher!


We study for our upcoming trip to Holland:




We grab two bowls from the drawer and two chairs and have "cake" with our blocks.


Mama has her own diversions, some of which involve vegetable seeds, seed-starting spreadsheets and stacks of gardening books from the library::






We join some members of our church (and hundreds of other people from area churches) and meet on the La*ke Street bridge to ask and pray for peace in Iraq after five years of war.


We get our picture taken with the mayor of Minneapolis while we are there:


And Ollie falls asleep in the afternoon for the first time in about a week:


On the rare days that are warm and not full of rain and snow, we have picnics by the Mississippi River bluffs :










"Look, Mama! What is that? It's green!"


We put on the snowman sweaters one more time and try Daddy's shoes on for size:


*Both fit. Ollie needs a new hat, which I found at Saver's for him, and I bought the exact same Tar*get sandals that worked so well last year, but 2 sizes up. Always good to have covered toes the first year you ride a tricycle!