Our wintery week began early Tuesday morning with a few inches of snowfall and cancellation of school. By 10am, all the kids were outside in their snow gear playing.
They made several snowmen (or snow families), and used the sleds to haul the big round balls of snow.
The homes with steep slopes were the most popular, and with the roads iced over, there was no threat of traffic coming by. The kids sled from one house to another, then made the trek back up a dozen times.
By day 2, the routine was the same, only more snow. The pile of snow gear would come & go, and it was obvious where the kids were. No pile, the kids were outside or at someone else's house. If we had the pile, they are either upstairs playing or warming by the fire.
We also went through a lot of hot cocoa and mini marshmellows.
By the afternoon of day 2, there was so much snow we decided to build an igloo. It took a few hours, but was so much fun! This one held all 3 of us, as the little one is in the back.
Here's an inside picture of our igloo so you could see how deep it went. It really kept us warm inside when the wind was blowing.
On day 3, the last day of our winter storm, we woke up again to fresh snow. This last layer added another 3-4 inches, but quickly began melting around noon when the temps rose to 45 degrees. It would still be another 24 hrs before the roads were safe to travel.
After the 3 straight days of snow, I realized a few things: 2 jugs of milk are not enough to have on hand, popcorn & movies will bring in an entire neighborhood of kids, and amaretto snow cones made with fresh snow are amazing!
