Snow Days

We got our first big snowfall on Dec. 12th. At first it was warm out and the snow was very wet and heavy. Perfect for snowmen! Katie rolled this big snowball, but then decided to carve a seat out of it and make it a chair. She also made a dance floor near the chair. (??)


Megan and Jessica made a snowman out of their big snowballs. It was so nice and warm and calm outside, they played outside for HOURS that day. We got about 5-6" of snow.


Well, that night, the temperature plummeted and all of the wet slushy stuff froze solid. We couldn't get into the van, it was iced shut! The girls had two snow days off school - Monday AND Tuesday - not because of extra snow, but because the roads were solid ice. We enjoyed every minute of those snow days, it was such a welcome treat to have two whole days off with my girls, during the busiest part of the year. We wore our PJs for two days straight! Even when the girls went outside to play in the snow, they had PJs on underneath their snowpants!


Here they are enjoying hot cocoa after a romp in the snow:


We went through soooo much hot cocoa and tea in those two days! We also decorated the gingerbread house:

And we made tons of Christmas cookies:

We had Movie Night each night, too, complete with popcorn.

Those two days were so much fun! It was such a treat to not leave the house at all! We got our Christmas cards done, all of the decorations up, the cookies baked, the house cleaned, etc etc. The girls got to play outside every day, and we read lots of books and played lots of games.

The only downside was that three kids' worth of school Christmas celebrations had to be crammed into the last three days of that week...post coming soon!