After the devastation of the October snowstorms I wasn’t sure if I wanted to see any more snow, but having made it through all of November and December without a flake, I fully admit that I changed my tune.
Today, I woke up to “Hey! Snow!” from my husband, and not long after “It’s Snowing, It’s Snowing. IT’S SNOWING” from my little ones. Instant happiness. We love snow in our family. A lot.
The kids were outside playing before I even got breakfast on the table.
Snow angels, forts, snowmen,
and lots of snowball fights.
We even almost got the steps shoveled off … almost. Well, we thought about it anyway.
With such an exciting start to the day, I knew that school would be out of the question unless I switched priorities fast, so we made the day into a snow focused party. We read books about snow (Snowflake Bentley being the favorite of the big kids, and The Snowy Day won high accolades from Little Miss), did snow crafts, wrote snow poems, and did everything else “snow” that we could think of.
My floors are still littered with mittens and boots, snow-pants and soggy socks. Proof that we played hard.
It’s funny what a difference a snow day can make.
Finally Snowing Again
Snow is a treat for my kids–we have to drive to the snow. They look forward to it every year. I'm impressed you fit school in at all!