Today the sun came out in the afternoon and lit up our snow, especially the 12 inches of new stuff we got last week. Since the weather is turning warm soon (rain predicted for Sunday night, yuck), we felt a sense of urgency to get out and play in it before it melts.
It was a little too deep to sled on the big hill, but the girls liked playing on the banks that the plow guy piled up.
Emily really loves snow--it's one of her very favorite things.
Kate likes it too, depending on her mood. Today she was pretty happy about it. Connor, of course, is always excited to get out in the snow. It makes him feel like a puppy again!
The girls tried out the Rink of Dreams too, although they still prefer to wear their snowboots on it instead of skates. Maybe next year we'll actually be skating on our rink.
They like to play hockey, and to play with the chairs....
...but for some reason Kate mainly wanted to crawl on the ice today. She said she was being "a penguin". Not sure where that came from, but at least she was having fun.
Finally the kids climbed the backyard snowdrifts a few times. These are really high not only from the wind, but also because every time we shovel the deck we dump the snow into these piles. The kids played Queen of the Mountain for awhile.
Eventually they got cold and we had to go inside and warm up. Hopefully we can play some more tomorrow before the rain comes and ruins the snow.
From studying Antarctica at preschool? J just loves his penguins, he would have had fun playing penguin with Kate!
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