Ice and Snow in April

 Instead of our usual going to church on Sunday, services were cancelled and we relaxed at home.

 We had company over for the occasion.

 The kids enjoyed the "new to you" dolls that came from Great Oma's place, which was being emptied out...hence the company.

 Melanie and her friend made a lot of new outfits for the aforesaid dolls. And they played some games.

 While the younger three enjoyed the new outfits. Taking their dolls to the beach. While it was ice raining outside. :p

 Evelyn loved all the new clothes too. There was a lot being made! Good thing w had electricity on this time...so the girls could keep at it! (My sewing machines are all too modern for manual powering.)

 The birds were happy that I'd filled up the feeder before the, seemingly for them, unexpected change in the weather.

 Doesn't look like much, but remember, it's mid April!

 The driveway became a challenge...which Philip couldn't surmount with his car. My van and our company's 4 wheel drive did better.

 Looks pretty!

 We did keep hoping that the ice wouldn't build up too much. We'd already had a half day of no power the other week and were happy to keep the luxury of electicy. More ice means more broken trees (when the wind builds up later) and more fallen branches and more broken lines. This time our area was unaffected. :) :)

 The ice and snow made for really great sliding conditions. Any hill is a good sliding hill now. No pre-packing required to make it fast!

 I did not recommend sliding beside the driveway. In fact I discouraged it. But they promised that they didn't go too far and always stopped well away from the road.

 When Daniel complained that his knee hurt from hitting the lamppost he got no sympathy from me!

Squishy ride!