27 | December | 2012 | Calm and Chaos: Life with kids

Today was the first real snowday of the year! Mother nature snuck one in before the end of the year. We went out this morning to shovel and ended up making three snowmen, sledding on the neighbor’s hill, and had an awesome snowball fight with multiple neighbors! Eve was so happy that Emily, our neighbor and their favorite babysitter, was home. She invited Emily out to play and Emily said yes! Eve was very happy! :)

Snow fun

Snowman number 1

Beginnings of snowman number 2

Lex helped with the shoveling for awhile.

He even did a bit of the porch.

Lex was feeling rambunctious and kept trying to start a snowball fight. Alan played along for awhile.

Eve made this snowman in Emily’s yard as a surprise.

The beginnings of a giant snowball fight!

The girls fort!

The boys fort

After much, much preparing, the snowball fight finally began!

We had a great time!

I had to play the mommy card eventually and bring an end to the fun. My kids had already cried a few times and I was hoping to avoid a major meltdown. We had lunch, quiet time, and then a quiet afternoon.