Snow Day

Each morning, for the last couple, we have woken up to more and more snow. This culprit sneaks around at night, filling up our yard and then seems to be gone as of the morning. He's making it difficult to get around, and makes me feel like Fall lasted about 2 days before winter set in. This morning, however, the cold broke but the snow remained, so we were able to head outside and play in this white fluff without freezing any extremities off. So we got bundled and headed out for some play. The kids have been talking about snow angels for months, and were excited to make their first impressions in the snow this season. We had snow angels from here to grandma's house as the kids really got the hang of it. Then Max decided that sliding down the slide that was covered in snow would be a great idea. Which it was. The first time down was pretty slow as the slide was packed and the snow really slowed his decent, however the next trip was quite a bit speedier, as the snow had left a nice slick surface. He whipped off the end of the slide and was fortunate there was a large pile of snow at the bottom to catch him. Each time after he had me slow him down along the way so that the landing was a bit more gentle. Once Lucy had seen his brilliance on slowing down on the slide, she decided she could give it a try too. Finally we headed up closer to grandma's so I could bake some halloween cookies and the kids could play in the snow outside her house (curse my oven!). We got our beach toys out which now serve snow duty in the changing season. We built snow castles and created a little village on Grandma's front porch for her to discover. We took a few pictures and then headed home for some warm lunch and apple cider. It was great to take a bit of time and enjoy the snow before it's gone, as the forecast predicts a little warmer weather next week.