Early February Fun

Rudy receive a gingerbread house kit for Christmas, but we never got around to doing it. Friday afternoon, we needed something to do, and Rudy reminded me we hadn't made this yet.
Fortunately (for me) after one slight attempt to squeeze the icing, Rudy decided he just wanted to decorate and I could add all the icing (this was fortunate because I didn't have to clean a big mess later!).

Once we had the house all together, it was time to decorate. Rudy had fun with this part. His organizational skills came out after decorating one side of the roof in a random order and then deciding the other side had to match the first.

The finished product.

Sunday afternoon we decided to go out and get some fresh air. We headed to the Wildlife Refuge and walked a few short trails. We saw some animal tracks that we weren't able to identify, but never saw any real animals.

In this picture you can just barely see the rainbow that circled the sun.

Rudy hadn't been very active on our walks- usually he runs ahead of us. As we were leaving, I found out that friends of ours were at a playground, so we decided to go there so Rudy could get a little more energy out.

Paul managed to get himself in a snowball fight with the four boys.

Rudy trying to escape snowballs from Will by climbing up the equipment.

Rudy and Jared making plans.

Rudy eating  snow while Will gets ready to attack.

Rudy trying to get away from the snowballs again.

Jared climbing the equipment.

Will, Rudy, and Paul snowballing.

Nathan trying for a sneak attack from above.

You can't see Nathan very well but he was collecting snow to throw at Paul while Paul prepares to retaliate.

Paul aiming.

Nathan getting Paul while Dakota looks longingly on.