Snow Day!

We got the call at 5:45 this morning..due to inclement weather there will be no school today..woo-hoo! What that meant for Collin and I was a chance to sleep in, take our time getting breakfast, and then getting ready for some fun in the snow.

I had originally planned to not take Collin out in the snow since he has a cold, but once he saw his papa cleaning off our driveway with his snowplow attached to his 4-wheeler, that was it! Collin could not wait to get out in the powdery white stuff and play with his snowplow (his John Deere tractor loader) and his Tonka dump truck.

I bundled him up in 2 shirts, a sweatshirt, 2 pairs of pants, 3 pairs of socks, and his insulated coveralls. Grandma said he looked like a jockey the way he was walking with all those clothes and his snowboots on.

He got out into the snow and was all about scooping it up and dumping it into his Tonka truck. He did not want anything to do with the sled, and wouldn't sit in it to let me pull him. Aunty Jen brought Chloe over, and mamaw and papa came over, as well as Kiki, to play and take some pictures.

We were only out for about 20 minutes and then everyone went home and I brought Collin inside. Both kids' cheeks were getting pretty red and we were worried they were getting too cold, although I think Collin would have played out there all afternoon had I allowed it. As I was peeling off all of his layers, he was chanting "snow, snow, snow!" and was putting his hands in every last bit of snow he could.

I told him we may go out later, after his nap, but I have to admit that was a little white lie just to get him inside. It's pretty nice and cozy in the house and putting on all of those layers again seems pretty daunting.

Until next time,
Adrienne

What Collin is doing now: playing choo-choos and watching Kai-Lan