More snow and lights

On Sunday (November 28th) we had a huge snow fall! The girls saw me out there shoveling the driveway and decided that they needed to be part of it all. :) Dave brought them out to play for a bit - one of the benefits of having 11:00 church!


After church we decorated our tree. I was feeling a bit bah-humbug before the tree went up - I'm not a huge fan of decorating trees. :) But the girls had such a fun time putting on decorations that pretty soon I was caught up in their excitement.


Both girls wanted to put the star on - so we figured that it would be better to let both of them do it. Mieka flew up (via Daddy Air) and set it on the tree and then Annika flew up and straightened it out.



After the tree was decorated we made some sparkle snowflakes for the windows. Glue on wax paper covered with glitter. Next day, once it was fully dried I peeled it off the paper, put a dab of water on the back and stuck it to the window. I think we are going to make some more they were so easy!



After snowflakes we had a semi - well actually not so successful science experiment. If we had raisins it probably would have worked. It's the experiment where you put a raisin in a glass of water and baking soda. The weight of the raisin makes it drop to the bottom of the glass, but the bubbles from the baking soda make it rise. And then when the bubbles on the raisin pop it sinks again. We'll have to try it again now that we have raisins in the house. Note: rice and pasta do NOT work - no matter how much baking soda you put in. :)