HELLO SNOW!!!

Yesterday morning I was awaken by my school calling me to tell me we had no school...at 5:30 a.m. So, I hopped out of bed and headed outside to shovel the driveway while the boys (and Dan) slept! They woke up just as I was getting done, and of course they were ready to head outside!

Of course, this year I opted not to buy any boots or snowsuits. I am the one who thinks that winter is over once Christmas is past! Luckily we had a snowsuit for Luke, but poor little guy didn't know what was happening when Dan starting to put him in it...we had to give him his "binky" to calm him down!
Once Dan got all the gear on him though, he was warm, snuggly and happy to be outside. In fact, he screamed when I brought him in after about 30 minutes!
We got a good amount of snow, maybe 3 inches, but it wasn't very good "packing" snow, so no snowman. Instead the boys made snow angels and filled up a wheelbarrow and pushed the snow around.

After all the snowy fun outside, I pulled out the book and activity that Ms. Beth left us. I figured since Luke was missing his appointment with her (as she always sees him on Tuesdays) I would use my speech therapist skills with my own son and do a little language therapy. We read the book, Hello Snow (I've never read it, but it is great for language expansion!) and then made these great snowflakes...

We had to choose either blue or white snowflakes, then we talked about how we squeezed the glue and spread it with a paintbrush...
...and then we would "shake" the glitter (this was Luke's favorite part!")
...and we ended up with these great snowflakes! Too bad I'm not having a "winter" themed birthday for Luke this year! These would have been perfect decorations!
We had such a great snowday yesterday. The boys even had a playdate with their friends Ethan and Noah and I got to hold their little sister, Emily...thanks Laura for letting me hang out with her for a bit. Then, Kristin and Maddie came over for a visit. We had a great LATE dinner and then finished off the day with making and eating chocolate covered strawberries! For all of our east coast friends, the snow kept falling and we actually got a few more inches over night for a total of about 9 inches that we woke up to today. Dan was off again so we got another fun snow day! Pictures to follow of our adventures in the snow! Hope everyone had a great day!