SNOW DAY! (after Snow Day after Snow Day...)

They were forecasting 6-10 inches of snow for us last Friday night/Saturday. We pretty much knew that we would be stuck at home for several days, so we planned to go out to eat and then make a Target run on Friday night. It wasn't supposed to start snowing until around 9 or 10 that night so I figured that we had plenty of time to mess around Friday night. We arrived at the restaurant around 6:00. As soon as we got out of the car it started snowing. We went to eat and came out around 7:00. Snow covered the ground and all the cars. Thank goodness it wasn't sticking to the roads yet! Adam was impressed by all the snow. He saw my car and said "Look! Snowmans on Mommy's car!" He couldn't believe all the snowmans falling from the sky. We tried and tried to explain that they were flakes and not men but he just didn't get it. Just the other day he said all disappointedly, "Aww. Snowmans all gone."
We did end up getting about 6 1/2 inches of snow and then some sleet and ice on top of that. It snowed all day Saturday and the temps were very low. The boys finally got to go out on Sunday afternoon. Sarah had to stay in because she ended up with a runny nose. (Between the three of them I feel like I am constantly wiping snotty noses.) They closed school completely on Monday and then had teacher workdays the rest of the week. Jackson and I finally got to go back to school on a delay on Thursday but then we had another day off on Friday because of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Will this week be a normal week?

Adam is into changing clothes. He puts on his pajamas every chance he gets. He also seems to think that every time he changes his clothes he needs to pick out a new pair of underwear. (I've since moved them to a top shelf in his closet.) He took his warm, fleece pajamas off to put on his Mickey Mouse ones. He then proceeded to complain about being cold. Well, he fixed that by curling up in the chair with a blanket.

Adam could barely walk in his boots in the house much less in the snow. I think he fell with almost every step.

Jackson eating a huge piece of snow/ice.

I've fallen and I can't get up!

Kevin and the boys built a snow fort. It looks cozy in there, I guess...

Peeking out of the fort.

Last Snow of '09?

Last week was a crazy week. I had last minute things to take care of before school got out for the holidays and Jackson ended up with some strange stomach bug on Wednesday and Thursday. He was only sick until about 11:00 each day. Weird! Poor thing missed the special Polar Express day where he was going to get to wear his pajamas. (Thanks again to Aunt Jamie for those- he's just about worn them out and it's not even Christmas yet!) Then the next day was his class Christmas party. He tried to go back for the party on Thursday but made it only a few steps in the building before getting sick. I promise I am not a horrible mom- He kept everything down (except breakfast) and he and Adam were wrestling with each other Wednesday night. He returned to school on Friday, the last day before Christmas break, and only had to stay for a half day. They were calling for snow so the school system decided to close early- and it actually snowed! We got about 2-3 inches of snow and then some freezing rain. This was Adam's first snow- sort of. When it snowed earlier in the year he was sick and couldn't go out to play, so he was ready to get out there this time. He saw Seth eat some snow at the babysitter's house, so that was all he wanted to do. He kept asking to go out to eat snow. Jackson keeps guessing which day the snow will all disappear. So far his guess is for tomorrow, but I'm not so sure about that!

Adam had a little trouble walking in the snow boots. Thank goodness we found all of Jackson's old snow gear.

Making snow angels. The snow was a little icy because of the rain so it was difficult to make an impression in the snow.

Jackson's snowman. There is actually a "real" looking snowman that someone made down the street from us. It's huge and will probably be around for a while.

First Snow of 2009

Jackson was so excited about the snow that he wanted to go out to play as soon as he woke up this morning. Kevin finally took him out right before lunch. Adam couldn't go out because the cold air would make his asthma worse.

Jackson's snow angel.

The snow family.

Jackson and his snowman.