Snow Days!

We were very blessed to get several inches of snow Sunday night and Monday. Monday night brought about 0.25" of ice on top of the snow, so we have had all kinds of fun!

The snow is beautiful!

One pristine picture before the boys came out to play. :)

Seven and one half inches! Wow, what a snow!

As you might imagine, a snow and ice storm of this magnitude has completely shut down our city. The boys have been out of school all week, and will be out of school for the remainder of the week. They were already supposed to be out of school on Friday due to a teacher work day, and next week Monday due to MLK day. All total, they will have missed six school days by the time they go back next Tuesday. They have had so much fun playing in the snow and just playing at home. Last weekend when we were talking about the possibility of snow, Zachary wished that it would snow so much that they would have a whole week off from school. He is thrilled that his wish came true! :)

Zachary's snow angel. (By the way, his feet are big enough that he is wearing MY sneakers in this picture. :)

Justin's snow angel.

Caleb, Rebekah and Aaron on the sled. Daddy did a great job pulling them. Mommy, not so much. Rebekah was a good sport about falling face first in the snow.

Daddy and Bekah in the snow. She loved it!

Rebekah sitting in the snow. She kept rubbing and patting her hands on the snow.

Zac, Justin and Rebekah posing in the snow.

L to R: Aaron, Zac (back row), Rebekah, Justin and Caleb

Caleb's goal was to shovel snow. Not sled, not make snow angles, snow balls, or snow men. Just shovel. He shoveled to his heart's content!

Aaron taking a break from sledding.

Mommy and Justin heading down the hill.

I think that is Justin and Aaron on the sled. It's a bit hard to tell when their coats all look alike. :)

Zac heading down the big hill. He loved sledding!

Daddy and Caleb taking a run down the hill. This was Day 2 after we got all the ice.

Mommy and Justin sledding. Try to overlook the novice sled driver here.

Like good Southerners, we stocked up on bread and milk last weekend before the storm hit. Thankfully we did have enough milk, but we are definitely going to need some by tomorrow! Drew ventured out a little bit today (he had a meeting to go to), and said that some roads are fine where the sun shone on them, but any shaded spots were still very snowy/icy. The plows and salt/sand trucks have hit the interstates and some of the major roads, but most everything in the south stays as it is until the temps warm up enough to melt it. It's been kind of nice to not have to go to doctor's appointments, therapy, or anything else this week!

Nancy

It Snowed!!!

So far here in Greenville, we have had three snow/ice storms this winter...each time falling while Rebekah and I are at the hospital! This time (finally) we had all snow and no ice - perfect for the boys to get outside and play! They had so much fun....I'll let the pictures tell the story. :)

Caleb wasn't sure what to do with the snow. Drew said at first he kept trying to step over the snow and then picking his feet up not sure he was supposed to be stepping on it. :)

The boys have never had a sled before, but some good friends of ours brought one over Friday afternoon. They had a blast pulling each other around in the snow. Well, mostly Zachary pulling, but they still had a great time.

Aaron had a fun time, but got tired of the cold faster than the others. When he got cold, he was done! But he did have lots of stories to tell me about the snow.

Zachary and Justin playing with the sled again.

Caleb looking at the snow...trying to figure it all out.

For some reason, Caleb was fascinated with the snow on his boots. He told me about it hours later when he was at the hospital to see us.

Making snow angels! It looked like so much fun! :)

Zachary, Justin and Aaron.....I think they were a little covered in snow by this point! :)

Caleb and Aaron sharing the sled!

Caleb is ready to slide!

Justin sliding!

It's SNOW!!!!!

You know that it doesn't snow here much (if at all!) when the Sunday evening entertainment was lining up by the door and watching the snow fall....and fall....and fall!  In all, we got between 3 and 4 inches, which by the boys' standards, was enough for a blizzard!! :-)  They especially enjoyed the ride home from church in the snow.

We were all dressed up to go outside!  We had to get hats, scarves, gloves, mittens and the whole nine yards.  We so rarely get to use all of this stuff that the kids wanted it ALL!!

I just LOVE the little footprints in the snow........

Aaron had so much fun "shoveling" snow and pushing it around in his wheelbarrow. 

Justin's biggest thrill was throwing snowballs at us....very sneakily, I might add!!

Aaron was just so excited to be out in the snow.  I think this is really the first time he remembers snow, and definitely snow of any measurable significance.

Zachary's biggest dream was to have enough snow to make a snow angel.  It was really kind of crusty, so the angel didn't come out great, but he was thrilled to be able to do it!!

Daddy showed the boys how to make a snowman.  They have never had enough snow to make a snowman before, so they had a lot of fun.  Justin named ours "Mr. Snow Manny."  I know - how original! :-)  He was about two feet tall, he had black jelly bean eyes, a baby carrot nose, some icicle hair spikes and a blue scarf.  The kids considered him the coolest snowman ever!

And after fun was had by all, Mommy made a warm bubble bath in the big bathtub for us all to play in.  Caleb was napping through all of the outdoor activities, but he did join the boys for a bath.  Unfortunately, Drew didn't get a really good picture of all four boys in the tub, but this one of the older three was pretty cute!

Lest we leave Caleb out completely, I'll put in this picture I took last week.  The older boys were outside playing, but Caleb was just about to lay down for a nap, so I didn't take him out.  He stood at the window for ten minutes or more just watching his brothers play.  :)

Justin doesn't know yet, but school is cancelled again for tomorrow.  He will be thrilled, but it's back to the books for Zachary!  One snow day is enough for any homeschooler!!! :-)

Nancy