Snow Day!

The forecast when I went to bed Tuesday night said we were going to get 8 inches of snow.  I think we had 8 inches by the time I woke up Wednesday morning. And it just kept snowing. The paper says we got 13.5 inches of snow but I think it was more like 18 inches. Since it was falling fast and furious and the wind was howling I declared my own snow day. (thankfully I have a flexible job!) Poor Erik –hospitals never get snow days. :(  Alec and I stayed inside all morning and made some calzones for lunch (thanks for the calzone reminder Noelle)!

We played pretend:

  

Finally at 2pm I relented and we geared up. Alec was more than ready to get out there. Me? Maybe a little. :) It was a lot of snow!

Some outside shots:

Alec somehow managed to get the girls across the street to pull him in the sled! Wahooo!

And then Ben and Noelle came to play…

They stopped to watch Erik snow blow…..

There was a lot of snow….it took him over an hour to clear the driveway.

After 3 hours outside Alec finally decided it was time to come in and we made some cookies (chocolate oatmeal- YUM!).. yes it was 5 and almost dinner time but really …warm cookies after playing outside? Just awesome. Look at those red cheeks!

He loves his chocolate..just like his mom!

Awesome snow day!