Winter Day at the Beach

We decided to go on a trip to the beach not to long ago on a crisp, bright, clear winter day.  It was lovely, but I will say that we are really about ready for some bright, clear, WARM beach days now.  :)

Yet another reason to love galoshes.  :)

The seagulls never fail to litter the beach with interesting finds.  ;)

Snow, snow, snow!

As you may know, we've received a bit of snow recently.  Funny thing is that we hadn't gotten really any snow the whole winter and I foolishly thought we actually just might not get a big dumping of snow this year.  Ha!  :)  One of the many wonderful things about living up here in the northeast…plenty of snow for playing during the winter!  We have a 4 foot storage container that is now completely under the snow outside, and our fence area looks like a big sandbox, only with snow.  The level of the snow in our yard is just about at the 6 foot level in places.

Our most recent snow amount from last night into the early morning.

"King of the Snow Hill".  He's saying "Ahoy Daddy!".  This was from the previous snows without the most recent fall.

Our current walking tunnel from the house to the vehicles and yard.

Fun on top of the snow.  :)

Will getting ready to slide down the snow bank on the side of our driveway.

Drifts upon drifts in the side yard.

This boy enjoys playing in the snow!

You can see the snow line among our roughly 6 foot fence.

Morning, Noon, and Night

Will has recently really started loving Legos.  He has had some for a few months now, but just got a set with wheels from a garage sale, which has added a whole other dimension to his building.  ;)  So, morning (usually first thing), noon, and night you will find him at some point sitting at the table with his Legos, building whatever his imagination leads him to make.  :)

 Building is usually accompanied by a song and/or Lego's talking to one another, etc.  Hence the many funny faces he makes. :)

He loves to make this face for pictures. Silly boy.

The Beach

We took a quick trip to the beach, as we tend to do (and I'm sure they'll be more beach pics on the way throughout the seasons :) ) the other day.  It was lovely, though definitely still pretty cold.  So here's a few pics of our boy playing, with his bright blue pullover and bright blue eyes to match.  Please excuse any blurriness…I'm experimenting with my shooting skills.  :)

Will discovered he could make "suns" in the sand. :)

Apparently being the subject of my photography made him feel like dancing.  :)

Nothing like wading in the surf in your snow boots.  :)

Playing our usual game that always results in many laughs…running from the tide.  

A Few Will Pictures

I am so far behind on my posts, I thought I'd throw up a few recent pics of Will for family while I sift through other pictures to see what we've been up to recently. :)  WIth all the snow, and just the busyness of life, we haven't had too many adventures of late.  Will, however, just keep growing and looking older.  I guess that's the way it's supposed to be, huh?  :)  

Here he is in a "before" picture prior to his most recent haircut.

And the "after".  :)

Our handsome little man ready for church. 

Robot Project

Will currently has a great love for robots and is often heard telling a story about himself and his "giant robot, Spot".  So, for school we did a week of robot things, including making this robot for Will.  We both had fun making it, and Will has enjoyed playing with it periodically.  

The best part of the back of this back is the American flag sticker that says "Made in America".  :)

The inside workings and pouch for Will's "tools".

Doing some repairs.  :)

Snow Boy

Will LOVES to play in the snow and would stay out there forever if we let him.  Here's a few pics of his snow adventures.  :)

Crawling through the tunnel daddy made.

Making tracks with the toy lawnmower.

"Tracks" were more work than he anticipated.  

Eating "ice cream".