Snow Day!!

After only a few short hours of sleep for everyone except Carlyle, we awoke to the most beautiful blanket of snow on the ground. Back to why we only slept a few hours...our power continued to go off and on ALL night long. Camden and Claire got scared because no electricity means no night light in their room. They came to sleep with us, however, 2 kids in the bed is not an ideal sleeping arrangement. I left Camden with Jeremy and Claire and I headed to the couch. After about 45 minutes of her flopping around, I made a pallet for her on the floor. I worried about Carlyle getting too cold, especially since her room is the coldest room in the house. She slept right through the electricity going off and on. I think we finally fell asleep around 5am and then the girls were up at 7am, ready to get dressed and play in the snow.

Jeremy had to go into work at 10 this morning, much to his dismay. He was really hoping for a snow day. But, he tried to make the most of it and decided to take the girls out this morning before he had to leave. They had a great time making snow angels, throwing snow balls and tasting the snow. Carlyle woke up shortly after they went outside so we bundled her up so she could experience her first snow. She wasn't too impressed, but we were able to get a couple of pictures. At least she'll have some memories of the fun day!



















The girls were FREEZING when they came in so I ran a warm bath for them. They warmed up pretty quickly after that. We played inside for awhile and then I decided that I would take them out to the backyard to play while Carlyle took a nap. They had already demolished the front yard, but the backyard was a clean slate. They made the trek through the snow to the swingset where they slid down the slide. They landed right in the snow. They laughed and laughed. They attempted to build a snowman, but didn't have much luck. They also discovered that they could pack the snow real tight and it would stick to the tree trunk and also to the fence. Anyway, Claire's favorite thing to do with the snow was to eat it. She tasted some snow in the front yard and then had to taste some in the back to see if it tasted the same.








After about 45 minutes of playing outside, the girls decided to come in and warm up. So, we changed clothes again. Nana and Papa had called and wanted to stop by for a few minutes. Papa took the girls out again and they made a snowman. Camden and Claire wanted carrots for the nose, but, I wasn't prepared. They had to settle for Hershey kisses for the nose and mouth and Reese's hearts for the eyes. We did get one of Jeremy's hats and put a scarf on our snowman. They were so proud of it! We even took a picture and sent it to their Daddy! What a fun day we had at home and what fun memories we made!