Since I had been in Texas for several days, I wasn't watching the weather in Missouri and was surprised to get a text from the school district at 5:15 am on Monday, telling me that school was closed due to snow. I quickly opened the window blinds to see . . .real snow! Amazing! We were starting to think we wouldn't have any snow this year, since it's been mostly fall-like temperatures. I quickly turned off the kid's alarm clocks and whispered "snow day!" in their ears before they smiled and drifted back to sleep.
Besides the fact that the kids were able to sleep in (since I wasn't able to go back to sleep), I'm going to admit that I wasn't completely excited about a snow day. I had a lot to get done, so had mentally planned out my entire day. Instead of getting a darn thing accomplished, I spent the day bundling up kids, trying to keep melted snow off the floors and feeding half the neighborhood. It was a great day and I ended up being glad for the distraction and extra time with my kids.
I bought Lindsey's snowsuit at a garage sale last year. It looks almost identical to the obnoxiously bright snowsuit I was sporting in the 80's! It matches her personality (and hat and gloves coincidentally) perfectly! Logan was super excited about the snow and played outside until his hands and cheeks were icicles from throwing snowballs at Parker. Brynlie endured the snow for a few minutes before spotting her friends and inviting them inside the house for a day of mess after mess . . .I mean, extreme creativity. Brevan has the horrible job of being the oldest kid, which means it is his responsibility to shovel our L O N G driveway. I did pay him for a job well done, after he even shoveled a couple neighbor's driveways out of kindness.
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