Snow Day!

This past Monday, the South received a very unusual surprise - a snow day in March! We only received about 3 inches of snow, but it was enough to close schools and cover up the newly blooming daffodils and tree blossoms. Those of us former upstate New Yorkers laugh every time, but it was fun for the kids.

Paige attends a year-round school and there are no built in snow days, so they have make-up days on Saturdays, one negative to snow days. However, this snow day was worth the make-up day because there was enough snow to play in and boy did we do a lot of playing. The kids couldn't wait to get outside. It was all I could do to keep them indoors until 8:30am. We headed out and found some neighbors and had a ball building a snow man having snow ball fights and sleigh riding. It was really cold though, low 20's and a little breezy, so once your pants get wet it becomes even colder. All Alex wanted to do was eat the snow. We lasted for a few hours, but were all very cold, so we headed inside for some hot chocolate. Alex doesn't like hot chocolate, so he just enjoyed some mini marshmallows.

My Mom called and said she was off due to the snow day and Dave had gone to work and said the roads weren't bad, so we packed up and headed to my Mom's for the afternoon. We had a picnic lunch on the floor upstairs in their bonus room, which the kids really enjoyed. Then we bundled up again and headed back outside. Mom of course wanted to get in on the snowy fun. We tried some sleigh riding, and made a huge snowman. Mom found Dad's old ski hat and we put that on the snowman. What a blast from the past. Mom and Dad have a pretty good hill for sleigh riding and the kids were able to get going pretty fast. We needed Uncle Matt to build one of his famous jumps!

After hours of outside fun, we headed back inside to warm up and played a few card games and the kids played dress up in Mama's closet. Then it was time for us to head back home before the cold temps set back in and the roads froze over. It was one of those days where we just enjoyed every minute and I think we all needed that.

Today as I write this, it is nearly 80 degrees, a pretty big change from our Monday snow day, but that's why I love the South! Snow one day, gone the next!