Snow much fun

Well this is a week late but we had our first (and possible only)snow last Sunday. Erin noticed it about 10 AM and just begged for the next two hours to go outside. She stood by the window and shouted "Look it's snowing" about every 5 minutes. We convinced her to wait about 2 hours until there was at least a little snow on the ground to play in.

So a little after noon we got all bundled up. We still don't have snow pants for the kids so we threw on PJ pants and 2 pair of socks under some sweat pants for the kiddos. It was a nice fluffy snow and not too wet.

Jeffrey had never played in the snow before so he wasn't sure what to expect. He was a little tentative for about 2.5 seconds and then barreled right into it. He started out at the little swing and slide and had a blast there. Then Erin thought she needed to clear off the cars so she lured him over to the hill. Once he got over there he was lost forever. He spent the next 15 minutes running/rolling down the hill. The biggest issue was that he couldn't get back up very well so someone had to go down the hill and get him back.

Erin was a little less interested in getting down and dirty with the snow. She really wanted to clear the snow off the cars. She tried to make some snowballs but the snow was too dry and just floated away. Right before she came inside Tom showed Erin how to make a snow angel. She thought it was very very cool.

Sadly early in the evening we got some freezing rain. Not enough to make the snow melt, but enough to make the snow icey and crusty on top. I had to spend 10 minutes the next morning explaining to Erin why she couldn't go back out and play. She was simply heartbroken. But she finally relented. Sadly by Thursday the snow was pretty much gone :( Maybe we'll get some more before the winter is truly gone.