The Settlemoir Family Blog: Winter Break Fun

We enjoyed a long winter break at home: sleeping in, playing with new toys and games, and relaxing. We were lucky because Curt was on vacation the week after Christmas. This was his first set of several days off work since June, so we enjoyed lots of family time.

A day or two after Christmas, we received about four inches of snow. Despite the bitterly cold temps, the boys and I bundled up to play in the snow.

By the time we went inside, our yard was full of snow angels.

Cole making bootprints in the snow

Caden shoveled a path for the muskrat (named Hedgie because Cole insists he's a hedgehog) that lives under our deck.

The boys making snow castles

As always, we warm up with some hot chocolate with LOTS of marshmallows.

With our second big batch of snow, Curt built a snowman for the boys. Curt refers to it as the "worst snowman ever," but the boys like it. In his defense, the snow would not pack at all.

One afternoon, we took the boys to the bowling alley. Caden has been asking to go bowling since this summer, so he was thrilled.

Caden loves to bowl!

I am not a very good bowler. I used to despise this "sport" because it broke my nails and hurt my back, but it's grown on me. I have very poor form, which results in sore wrists, but I have fun bowling now. I bowled what was probably my very first strike during this game, but everyone missed it except me. The guys were too busy dealing with Caden's slippery feet and scraped back. At least, the scoreboard can't lie.

Cole's turn--It took quite some time for his ball to reach the end of the lane, but it always made it...eventually.

The Settlemoir family bowling champ

And the results: Caden-61, Cole-36, Kelly-86, and Curt-126

Caden spent a great deal of his break building his new Lego sets. He received 11 sets for Christmas from Santa and various family members. Here are the boys with Caden's creations on the Lego table (no longer a train table).

Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good picture of his new Lego creations. Behind his new Lego sets are several "ships" created by the boys. The week before Christmas, Caden started deconstructing all of his old Lego sets and creating new ships, which is very unlike Caden who likes to follow the directions and keep the sets as they are supposed to be. Since all of his new Lego sets are built, he is ready to start rebuilding his old Lego sets again. Now to find a place for all of them...