Snow Games

    Last Week we were able to enjoy the winter wonderland. The snow this year has been pretty scarce, until just this week. Over a 2 day period we got roughly 18" of much needed snow. In the last 2.5 years that we've been here we usually get 3-6" occasionally and it doesn't accumulate, so the kids haven't had very many chances to play in since there isn't enough to do anything with. It also wasn't frigid temperatures, so  we could stand to be outside for an extended period.
    On Friday Ashley build a snow fort with the kids, and Adahleigh, Charles and Keisha tried to make a snowman but got the balls too big  (a good 2.5-3' around) for even Ashley to stack, so they just left them unstacked in the yard. Jerrick was sleeping during their adventure, so he didn't get to participate at all.
    On Saturday, I had the day off, so we spent half the day in the snow. Amazingly, everyone stayed and played in the snow, unlike the usual spending 15 minutes getting them dressed and then them deciding they're too cold after 2 min. I went out and dug a maze out in the snow so everyone could get around easier (I remember my dad doing this one winter in Salem and we played fox and geese in the maze). We ended up playing tag and having a snowball fight.  Once everyone but Adahleigh decided they'd had enough and had gotten cold, we went and built a couple snowmen on our street. Adahleigh bailed out just before finishing the second snowman, so we didn't get any photos of her with the finished product.