Snow Day (or rather Snow Week)!

This past winter, much to the kids' disappointment, we have not had very much snow.  However, in mid-February, we finally got a couple of little snow storms in a row.

At first, even though it was barely below freezing, it did snow--about an inch or so.  It was after dinner and the kids quickly put their snow gear on and rushed outside.

 Gabe loves his scooter and so brought it out, and looped the rope of the sled to the scooter.

 And then he got the little tricycle out, which was equally hard to make go forward.

 Eliana decided to make her mark on the hood of the car.

 Then the girls decided to build a snow man.  The snow was really slushy so packed together really well.

 Eventually the snowman got pretty big.

 The snow on the tree branches made beautiful patterns.

Eliana's hair had wet and frozen snow mashed in.

The next day, the schools were on a two-hour late start, so Eliana ended up going to school but the other kids went out to play.  They needed to be quick, because it was melting quickly!

 With Daddy's help, they built a super tall snowman!

 The wet snow was perfect for rolling into huge snowballs.

Now it was time to stick the balls together.  Gabe was using a gardening hoe to make a flat spot on top of the ball.  The ball was so big that Daddy had to help lifting it up.

And then another snowstorm moved into the area.  The kids left out tupperware in order to catch the snow.   They love eating snow with flavored syrup on top.

 Snow!  Eliana puts condensed milk in addition to the syrup.

Because there was a couple inches of snow that night, the school district announced via their website that school was cancelled the next day.

 Can you see how disappointed Eliana was?

 The next day we had a snow ball fight!

It got pretty heated.  There were lots of snowballs being lobbed.  Lucky for Elvin, most of the kids have not yet developed perfect aim.

 And here is our backyard that got temporarily transformed into a winter wonderland.

 It was fairly warm the rest of the week, so the snow was totally gone after several days.  But it was fun while it lasted!