Annual Snow Day

Well, we certainly don't get a lot of snow days around here...or very much snow when it does happen, but we sure do have fun when it happens.


Here's the whole gang (plus our neighbor, minus the baby) taking a group shot in the snow....what can I say? It's tradition.


How do you know you're a homeschool family? ...When you're 1st grader announces, "Look, Mom, I built the Great Wall of China out of snow!"


E3 makes a grass angel...er, snow angel.


The princess L1 can't decide if she likes the snow or not.


Scary woman without makeup in a pretty hooded scarf! I actually made this for my friend, but snatched it when I couldn't find my own...I needed to "test it out". Here's the basic pattern, in case you're interested.

Pin It Now!

Ice in the Morning

Well, its a good thing I haven't quit my day job since my weather predictions were way off. Not only did we wake up to more snow, but we also had lots and lots of ice. There are entire counties in our area with power outages, but thankfully we still have our's.


This is our snow covered backyard.



And back deck.



You better believe that I was taking all these pictures from the safety of the indoors. My whiny self is not about to step foot outside in the frigid cold today.


The kids, however, are having a blast outside. This is a stick covered in ice that they found.

And an ice-covered leaf.


Here's E2 insisting that he's ready to go outside. Hmmmm. Actually, Hubby is off work today and did a thorough search of our closets and found snow boots and snowsuits for everyone, much to our surprise. Being a large family makes us an easy target for all of our friends' hand-me-down children's clothes. And being a large family, we know not to say "no thanks". We were quite blessed this morning to find all of this snow gear buried in our closets that we have been given for free!

Pin It Now!

Snow in the Morning

Well, it actually snowed last night as predicted and we woke up to about 3 inches. Since every school district remotely close to us shut down today, I figured we could use a snow day too...well, at least a snow morning. I know, I'm a mean mama and made them do schoolwork on a snow day.

E2 and his trademark cheesy grin.

I made G8 stand in the snow drift next to our house so you could see how deep it is...yeah, it's not all that impressive but it's likely the most snow we'll see this year.

Baby L and I sat on a rocking chair on our porch all bundled up in a blanket. Isn't she pretty? I could just stare at her all day.

The snow was very dry and wouldn't pack together, making snowball and snowman making impossible. But H3 was undaunted and used the side of the house for an extra boost.

Eventually all the kids pitched and created "Bob."..."No, his name is Princess." ..."No, it's Bob." ..."No, it's Princess." ...Sorry, just re-living one of many sibling arguments we've had today.

Whatever his name is, he's kind of cute.

Pin It Now!