We woke this morning to a heavy blanket of snow and the much anticipated call from school. Snow day! I played the message for Lex and his face spread into a huge grin. He kept saying, “I can’t believe there is no school. I just can’t believe my school is closed. Wow!” I think this is our first snow day of this school year, though we had a few last year. I love that our school district calls parents. Last year they gave us a flyer with information about TV and radio stations to tune to for school closing information and I was so worried that I wouldn’t be able to figure it out. Dumb, I know, but we don’t watch TV or listen to the radio. I was super exited that first snow day when they called. Now I don’t worry about it.

Anyway, we had a relaxing morning with a leisurely breakfast over a game of Sorry.

I got some cleaning done while the kids played nicely, then when the sun finally came up we bundled up and headed outside for shoveling. Here are a bunch of pictures, although I realize they probably look the same as any other day we play in the snow. They make me happy however, so here they are!

Just a bit of snow. A dusting, really. We've seen worse!

I thought Lex was helping me shovel the driveway, but it turned out he was just shoveling a path to his trucks.

Sledding on the snow bank by the garbage can. Still fun!

Lex likes the new calendar. I'm not sure why, but this afternoon he pulled a chair over and spent a long time looking through it. He was excited to find his birthday there.

Eve was outside too, I just didn’t get any good pictures of her. Oh well. Parrish came over to play and then we all went inside for more playing. It has become much easier to get in and out now that the kids are a bit older. I’m sure this is obvious to most, but a pleasant surprise to me. Lex gets himself completely dressed and out the door. I dress Eve and send her out, then get myself dressed. I trust they won’t run away in the few minutes it takes me to get outside. On the other end, Lex is usually done first so he goes in when he’s done. I try to keep him out as long as possible, but he’s usually done after 30-4o minutes. Eve and I usually stay out a bit longer, but it’s nice that Lex can go in by himself so I don’t have to try and balance between the two of them.

After quiet time we had a picnic snack in the living room with a family game of Sorry (Alan was working from home today). Then more playing and dinner and bed. A very nice snow day! We shall see what tomorrow brings.