We had a snow day today.  They were predicting a blizzard of historic proportions for the coastal areas and I guess we wanted to get in on the fun too.  We only got about 4 inches, though it did start snowing again late this afternoon so we may end up with a bit more.  Anyway, we got a snow day out of the deal!

I had been planning to take the day off anyway to take Eve to the dermatologist to have the bump on her ear removed.  And Lex has been home sick the past two days.  Just fever, nothing else.  So today he had one more day to recover and now his fever is gone but it has been replaced with a loud, painful sounding cough.  I rescheduled Eve’s appointment because I didn’t want to risk it in the snow (and I just didn’t feel like going out!) so we stayed home and relaxed.  I undecorated the house (finally!) though I didn’t quite get to the tree.  Maybe we’ll have that down by Valentine’s Day!  After lunch we went outside to shovel and play in the snow.  It was great shoveling snow, light and fluffy, but not so great for playing in.  Only a few inches and not packable.  Oh well. 

We spent the afternoon working on a 1000 piece Periodic Table of the Elements puzzle mom gave Alan for his birthday.  Lex was excited to so it and we all joined in.  I love puzzles.  Lex and Alan were studying the table, saying the element names, learning, etc., but I was using my mad puzzle skills to get it done.  :-)  Eve put it in valiant effort.  We all had a great time!

Smiles for the camera.

After awhile Alan joined the puzzle party, then quickly tired of the constant kid chatter. He has his ways for dealing with noise. :-)

Sliding in the big green section!

We saved the last piece for Lex!

Ta-da!!!! Alan says "Thanks Mema, we love it!"

Happy snowy snow day!! Life is good.