Beautiful snowy weekend - and pizza

Last weekend we had our first snow of the season! It snowed throughout Friday evening and we woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful, cold six inches of snow outside. Timo hardly wanted to eat breakfast before going outside, so we geared up and got outside to enjoy it right away. Both boys loved it and didn't complain at all (except for when we had to walk back up the driveway and come inside). And it was COLD.

Last morning with the Christmas tree before we took it down. Do you spot the cardinal outside?

Do you want to throw snow at me, brother?

View from our front sidewalk, down the hill and driveway

Even though we don't yet have a sled, the boys didn't miss it and had a great time playing in the snow, shoveling and brushing and hitting tree branches and stomping around. Mattias's comment while shoveling was, "Work, pow!"

Heading down the driveway

 

View from edge of our driveway and down to town. Can you see the courthouse/library through the trees?

What better way to continue to enjoy the Christmas break and being home than making pizza together? We hadn't done it in a long time (probably because we don't eat cheese much anymore; but this time I splurged and bought the dairy-free cheese) and Timo was bugging me all week to have pizza. And in fact it is easy to make and they had so much fun pressing out the dough and decorating. We need to do this more often! And man, these boys can eat a lot of pizza already!!

Timo chose a classic cheese & tomato pizza, while Mattias added all the veggie toppings

After the boys' little pizzas were made, Mattias helped me make another big one. He was hilarious at adding toppings - and meanwhile ate as many veggies as he added on top.

Yes, baby belly is showing quite obviously now!

Another fun activity last week was working together with Timo and his new classic Legos that he got for Christmas. It was a set that included directions for 6-7 objects you could make with the pieces; a cow, airplane, race car, pencil, lighthouse, boat, and store front. Now to supplement with more classic Lego bricks so we can keep creating!

Just like Timo did at this age, Mattias wants to wear the fireman helmet all the time.