Snow Day Round #3

Just when we thought the winter weather was gone, we got a surprise snow day.  They were predicting snow a few days out, but you never know if it's going to happen or not.  We went to bed Wednesday night and woke up to 4-5 inches of snow on the ground!  I definitely wasn't expecting that much.  The kids were super excited about another snow day.  We headed out pretty early in the morning to play in the snow.  It still wasn't perfect packing snow, but a bit better than what we had gotten the week before.  I attempted my best snowman, but Evan kept knocking it down.  Sigh.

We didn't stay outside too long as Evan doesn't have the right type of gloves and his were soaking wet soon after he picked up snow.  Next year I will be buying both kids waterproof gloves.  When we headed back in, I decided we should take advantage of all the snow outside and decided to try out an idea I saw on pinterest. . snow ice cream.  It's just snow, milk, sugar, vanilla extract and some sprinkles.  The kids loved helping me make it and they loved eating it.  Such a fun treat when you don't get snow very often.

My opinion of snow days is a bit different than when I was younger.  I used to love getting to stay home from school, but now snow days can be tough.  I'm still expected to work from home, but the kids don't understand that.  It can definitely be hard trying to balance the two.  But I won't complain because even if I have to work some from home, it's so fun seeing your kids eyes light up at the sight of snow on the ground and getting to have a day off from school.

I'm hoping this will be our last snow day of this winter.  I'm sure I'll be ready for a few after the summer heat wave, but for now, I'm craving that warm spring weather!