Frosty Fun

On Wednesday, March 6th, we woke up to a blanket of white.  A late Winter snowstorm had hit the area.  We had about 4-5 inches of snow.  The kids got the day off school.  I had a two hour delay and then went into work. 

 

After I got home from work, I asked Reed and Riley if they wanted to go outside and play in the snow.  The weather was suppose to warm up over the next few days, and I knew the snow wouldn't last long.  It was a very wet snow-perfect for making snowmen and snowballs.  We started by building a very unique snowman. The kids got a kick out of that. We then had a snowball fight.  After a while, I went inside to make dinner.  Reed and Riley stayed out and played quite a while longer.  Although no one really wants snow in March (or ever for that matter), we made the most of it.  We had a great time!

 

 

 

 

Frosty Fun

We got a couple more inches of snow the morning of December 30th.  The kids had been under the weather the last few days with the flu.  They were feeling better today and wanted to go back outside to play.  Our original plan was to make a snow family with one snow man to represent each of us. We quickly discovered that our plan would have to change.  The snow was light and fluffy and would not pack.  We had to get some water and make the snow wet just to pack enough together for one small snowman. After multiple costume changes later, we were able to represent our family in snow!

Steve-"The Window Cleaner"

Jana-"The Beach Lover"

Cole-"The Drummer"

Trent-"The UD Fan"

Reed-"The Baseball Player"

Riley-"The Princess"

Snow Much Fun!

Well, we didn't have a white Christmas, but the day after Christmas brought a blizzard to the area. We roughly received about 8 inches of snow over the course of the day. With wind gusts up to 40 mph and white out conditions, I made the decision to stay home. When the snow was winding down, Riley began to ask to go out and play. Reed was napping, so we bundled up and headed out. Because it was SO cold, we were only out about a half hour, but we had a blast.  We even made Riley's first snow man.  Ha!  I got her inside with promises to come back out after Reed was awake.

Several hours later, Reed was begging to go out but Riley was fast asleep.  Steve and I took Reed out for a while.  It wasn't long before we saw Riley looking out the back window pouting.  We bundled her back up and enjoyed the snow for a while together.  Steve even built them a snow fort.  After a mild winter last year with no snow, it was great that the kids got to experience it again.