Snow days....

December's weather didn't last. We got blasted in January. We've had 5 snow days thus far. And are expecting more this week. (I've got my Costco size bottle of Advil on hand.) When it first snows, all is fun. The kids head outside to sled and play. Then it freezes. And turns rock solid. And the wind blows negative wind chill. (That's when my Advil comes into play). This particular day was a fun outside type of day. And also Presley's first snow experience. She kept tasting her glove covered in snow and saying "this is delicious!" Love that baby girl.

Shawn had the brilliant idea of using his jet-pack leaf blower to just blow the snow off the driveway. After 3 hours of blowing, he was freezing and came inside. We then watched our neighbors shovel their driveway quite efficiently in a quarter of the time with twice the effectiveness. The next time it snowed we payed a 17 year old boy to shovel it for us. Genius. But. Not quite as cute as my man blowing the snow all over the driveway.

The kids played in the snow until well into the evening. Kennedy asked to be buried. Her wish was granted.

Since this first "fun" snow, we've had one other that brought over a foot, and a bit of sunshine with it. (Also a few more snow days due to the melting stuff turning to icy roads). The kids built a fabulous cave in our front yard that took hours. Amazingly fun. I'm hoping that this next storm blowing in brings "fun" snow days rather than "Advil" ones.