Snow Day!

I still get excited about snow days. I love the dramatic weathermen on TV,(especially Steve Raleigh and his kooky eyebrows) the mad dash to Kroger for bread and milk and then the 2 inches of snowfall(of the 12 inches predicted). I love to go outside on the night of a new snowfall when everything is pretty and quiet and the roads are snow covered and haven't yet turned to that dirty mush. I still love to see all the closings scroll across the screen. I really should have been a weathergirl. Oh well.

What I don't like is the big pain in the neck to get the kids ready to go outside. After being cooped up with a week of colds and stomach bugs, we had to get out of this germy house. Thus began the circus of putting on the snow pants, gloves, hats and my favorite...boots!(grrrrr...those boots....) for the 15 minutes that they will actually stay outside. I can still remember my mom's grumbling and bad attitude as she would put our boots on. Then she wouldn't let us come in for HOURS. Yeah, I get it now.

Here is Jack "surfing" down the hill. I know I shouldn't have let him, but he wiped out about midway down and now won't sled, anyway.
Nice mittens, Riley. she really does have cute furry ones to match her hat, but she insisted on Jack's firetruck mittens. Pick your battles. And they both love to eat snow!

Hope you enjoyed YOUR snow day as much as we did!