Snow, snow, reprieve...and snow

It has been such a snowy winter. 
Snow in December. 
Snow on Christmas Eve. 
Snow in mid January, twice.
Snowstorm of "historic preportions" in progress.  More on that in the next few days, as we see how it pans out. 
Tomorrow will be Nate's fifth snow day.  That is huge.  And likely, he will have a snow day on Wednesday as well. 

I have never been that mom who dreads snow days, but I am getting to that point.  Z's school has had 4 snow days this year, and every one of them has been on one of his school days (he only goes 2 days a week).  Even though Nate is home, it is still a nice break for everyone when Z is at school.  And I'm really bummed about tomorrows, because it is his birthday and he was going to take snacks.  Now he will just be home with all of us.  Not quite as special.  Oh well. 

Thankfully we had a bit of a reprieve this weekend.  We were able to get outside and play, even though it was a bit muddy.  It was in the upper 40s, so the kids had on heavy jackets, but we went on a walk, played on the swingset, and played in the driveway. It was so nice to get out of the house.

We decided to make snow ice cream after one snow, which I read about all over on facebook.  Snow, milk, sugar, vanilla.  YUM.  Nate and I were fans.  Z said it made his tummy feel funny.  L and N loved it, and C didn't like it.  The biggest problem was that L and N didn't get it all in their mouths, and most of it ended up in their laps, leaving them shivering and cold.  :) 

Snow Day!

What fun that it snowed on Christmas Eve this year, giving us a white Christmas! 

We bundled up early to go play outside. It was the first time for the little boys to experience the snow. True to form, C took off and enjoyed it all. L is happy to do whatever, so he just joined in at his own pace. N does not like to be cold, so he was kind of miserable (he is lacking that body fat that the bigger boys have!). The snow was perfect for packing, so Z was happy to have a snowball fight. Start to finish, the whole ordeal took about 40 minutes, 15-20 of which was outside...so I figure that isn't too bad. But bundling up 4 kids...YIKES! Trying to wrangle 4 excited kids into sweatshirts, mittens, hats, boots, coats. Then stripping them down, when they're all cold and want inside at the same time with their little wet bodies? Fun times!

We warmed up by watching Elmo.  The little boys love him, and Z is just happy to watch TV, whatever it might be.  In fact, he often requests that the little boys watch Baby Einstein because HE wants to watch it.

Nate and Z went back out later on in the day to build a snowman.  I didn't think the little boys would be too into it, and personally, I wasn't either.  Yet another reason why I love Nate...to do snow duty!