All over the place

So you may or may not have noticed that we are about a month behind on our updates. Here are some pictures to tide you over. Three happy girls. It really isn't Halloween in this picture. Jane just loves that outfit and who am I to deny anyone orange?

We have been getting a ton of snow here. It is currently significantly deeper than this picture shows. We got 17.2 inches in 6 hours while Ryan was at work Thursday night. With so much shoveling we have kissed off Ryan's 30 second exercises for the time being - I am going to have arms of steel. I love taking the girls outside with us because the two feet of snow along the sidewalks makes a perfect barrier - keeps them in and the wind off their faces. Nothing like exposing your kids to the elements so they sleep better at night.
At the beginning of the January Ryan gave Alice her baby blessing. Our church building doesn't have central heating so we have to bundle her up. Thank heavens for fuzzy cloths - I never had to worry about that with my spring babies.
Sometimes Helen sneaks down from quite time early and we have a little snuggle together and talk about important things like sledding and Peter Pan.The girls like to line up their books on our couch and sit across the room and watch their "videos." To be honest, this is as close as they get to watching videos except for when I cut their fingernails and turn on a 3 minute video on youtube.
Jane was so excited to hold Alice! She doesn't get to do that very often. Recently she has started asking me if she can nurse the baby. I have to tell her to go get a stuffed animal instead.
Ryan and his girls. Everyone loves reading in our house.

To answer your questions in advance, yes that is our baby girl in a blue blanket. It is the warmest blanket that we have for her right now and has the Blue Fairy on it so it's not totally "boy" flavored. In response to the other question you may have, she looks like our other kids at this age.