Snow Day

Friday Kimball had a snow day at preschool.  About 3 inches of snow had fallen overnight, but for Syracuse that isn't a big deal.  We were in for a surprised when we pulled into the EMPTY parking lot at preschool.  Joseph used his phone to verify that school had been canceled and then we tried to smooth things over with a VERY disappointed Kimball. 

To help smooth everything over, I had the kids do a groundhog craft since Saturday was Groundhog's Day.

Putting together their groundhogs.  You can see the snow out the window.

Finished product.  At least here the groundhog did not see his shadow.

Last weekend we took the kids sledding.  We thought for sure that Kimball would be scared and Rebecah would be excited but it was the exact opposite.  Kimball loved sledding and he had great form and went really far.  Rebecah did one run with me and we both ended up covered in snow spray so she wasn't willing to make anymore runs on the sled.

Joseph and Kimball sledding.  Rebecah in the background waiting to go to the car.

It took all week, but we were finally able to persuade Rebecah to give sledding another shot.  I stayed home because I was busy in the kitchen, but Joseph took both kids.  Rebecah did better this time, but still ended up in the car after an hour.  After sledding, Kimball and Joseph went out to the mounds of snow in the parking lot of our apartment and they dug a snow tunnel.  They had a great time.

Rebecah didn't help but still wanted to be pictured.

The tunnel went the entire length of the mound which was
probably 10 feet long.  Pretty impressive. 

We haven't had as much snow as we hoped or expected, but we are making the most of the snow we do have.