SNOW!

Two days ago, we got about 3 inches of snow. It had really started snowing Tuesday before I left work (3:30 pm) and never let up until Wednesday on my way to work (3am). We got a nice ground covering of the fluffy white stuff making driving a bit trecherous, but so pretty and fun to think about playing in. Each winter I think I would be really sad if ever we moved someplace that had no snow. Though it's true that each February I'm more than happy to see the very last snow. I am always ready for Spring to follow a snowy winter, but would be disappointed if I had to endure an entire winter without the snow.

Yesterday afternoon Andrew begged to go outside and play in the snow after we got home from preschool, but was instead promised a morning playdate in the snow with me, Anna and Alissa. And so after breakfast this morning and a temperature reading of approximately 25 degrees, we bundled up with our pants tucked into our socks, layers of long sleeves and hooded sweatshirts, boots, snowpants, hats, scarves, gloves and coats and out we went.

The first thing on the outdoor playdate agenda was snow angels while I pulled our sled out from the top shelf in the garage. The sled we have is one that we got from grandma and grandpa Melby a couple years ago. It's one that has the slick plastic bottom and the hard foam top with 2 sets of handles. My mother-in-law had seen it laying in the road outside her house and picked it up with the tags and everything on it. It had apparently fallen out of someone's truck. She propped it on the lightpost outside her house in case anyone came looking for it, but when it was still there after a couple days, she brought it in and then gave it us. It has been great for our first couple years of being able to play in the snow with the kids.

This year was especially fun cause all three kids could actually get on the sled and hang on all the way down the small hill we have in our back yard. The amount of snow on the ground is the perfect amount for sledding. Any more and the sled tends to get stuck in the snow instead of sliding smoothly down the hill. Any less and, well you're just on cold grass!

We had about an hour of pure fun sledding and playing in the snow. The kids figured out that eating snow is fun too (don't worry I warned them about yellow snow)! Everyone had their fill of whipping down the hill to see who could make their mark the furthest. My hope is that by next year, they might actually be able to carry their own sled UP the hill too!