Snow Morning

The kids were so excited to wake up to snow outside, but it wasn't just little snow. Shawn measured 7 new inches of snow in the driveway before he started shoveling. It was a very good thing that Shawn was off today, or the kids would have been stuck in the house all morning because Mom's been too sick to go out.

The kids were so excited to get to go out and play. They have been stuck in the house for a while now, since Mom has been sick and not feeling good. Luckie was so excited just to have some playmates and he was all over the place for the first 15 minutes or so. He has so much energy.

When Shawn started shoveling the driveway, I took my shower. He took some cute pictures of the kids moving snow their own way. I think their tractors took too long and before long, they gave up and just played in the yard.

As Shawn cleared the driveway he decided to make the kids a snow fort. The weather prediction was for it to warm up and there was a chance for rain later in the day, we knew it wouldn't last long, but the kids really enjoyed the making part of this fort.

They all took their turn getting their picture taken on top of the "mountain" of snow that was to become their snow fort.

Shawn was such a good sport with them walking on the hill and knocking snow down that he had just put up. Once they got the idea of packing the snow on the hill, the knocking part stopped and it got bigger, faster.

When the fort was all done, I gave the kids cups of Hot Cocoa to drink in the fort. It was so cute watching them all sit there and drink their cocoa. It was really warm too, so I am sure that after playing out in the snow for 2 hours, it felt good.

After Cocoa we had to come in and get Emma ready for school. It was so nice that she had afternoon kindergarten today cause when she came home, the snow was all melted and it was 45* outside. Here are a few pictures of what the backyard looked like when Emma came home at 3:30.