This year's gingerbread house...

...complete with a snowboarding gingerbread man!

Ian's Icy Igloo

Ian has been determined to build an igloo this winter. The boys have both thoroughly enjoyed all the snow we've had so far. This is a picture of his most successful creation to date.

Ian's Tycoon Tutorial

Somehow, Ian managed to bankrupt both Isaac and I in just over an hour this afternoon. This is a shot of the board at games' end--and yes, all those properties belong to Ian. He managed to land on all three of one color early on in the game, and quickly built up his real estate with hotels. Isaac and I didn't stand a chance... (and just for the record, I was the first to go down!)

The view from the top

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The view from the bottom:

When one is in that laughing heap!
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Snow days are for...

SLEDDING! Nothing beats back the winter blues like some time spent sledding down the hills with my boys, ending in a laughing heap at the bottom. Between the shoveling required of late and trudging back up those hills, I figure I've worked off any holiday pounds!
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