Snow Days!

The last few days have been filled with snow here in Sherwood.  We started seeing forecasts for snow early in the week, but we see those forecasts a few times a year and they usually don’t end up bringing any snow at all, or maybe a few flurries.  As the week went on, the forecast remained, and it looked like this storm might actually put a few inches on the ground.  Thursday morning, even though it was still dry but cold, we received an email saying they would be sending kids home at 1:00 that afternoon.  By noon, the snow had started, and by 1:00, it was starting to stick.  Shane came home from work about 12:45 to work from home for the rest of the day, and Landon made it off by bus by 1:30.  By 3:00, the boys were excited to go out and start to play in the snow! 

   

 

After a couple of hours in the snow, Shane finished up his work and convinced them all to go in the hot tub with him (it didn’t really take any convincing).

While we were eating dinner, we got a call from Shane’s friend from work that he and his son were out sledding at a park near our house, and asked if we wanted to join them.  By the time we got there, they were just leaving, but they were kind enough to lend us their sleds (we have none!).  The boys had a blast sledding down the hill.  It was just right for them, with a  nice steep decline onto a huge soccer field, with no obstacles to run into.  James was a little nervous the first few times going down with Shane, but after going by himself several times on a smaller hill, he started going down the big hill all on his own and loved it too.  Asher and I watched from the sidelines and cheered them on.

Friday, school was cancelled for the day.  We all went out in the morning, and the boys had fun sledding down the neighbor’s driveway, pulling each other in the sled, trying to make a snowman (the snow is pretty dry), zipping down our slide, making snow angels, and just playing around. 

             

Asher liked getting pulled around in this little blue sled too, but then James took it over and loved using it to sled down the driveway.

  

They took a short break to eat lunch and warm up for a little bit, but Landon and Davis were back out just a little later, and James joined them as soon as he woke up from his nap.  By then, the snow had started really picking up again, and we got another few inches while they played out there in the afternoon.

 

Davis looks like he’s asleep here, but he just felt he needed to close his eyes while making his snow angel.

Saturday we made it to the church to help clean the building.  It started snowing pretty good while we were there, and we were glad we got home when we did.  It snowed some more that morning, and the boys had fun playing outside some more while Shane shoveled the driveway.  Freezing rain started in the afternoon, so we spent the rest of the day inside staying warm and watching the the Olympics.  Shane was especially excited when we got a call that church was cancelled since he was supposed to speak.

 The boys buried in the snow when Shane was shoveling.

We also tried outa recipe for some snow cream.  The boys thought it was pretty good, but it gave Davis a brain freeze!

 

Today we ventured out on a Sunday walk in the afternoon, since we were getting a bit stir crazy.  It felt good to get outside and walk around. James got a little tired of trudging through the snow and had to take a few breaks.  Part of the problems was that he usually wanted to walk in the fresh snow instead of where others had already walked.

     

We already got a message that school is cancelled for tomorrow.  It does seem like things are starting to melt though, so hopefully life will return to normal soon.  We’ve had a fun few days in the snow!