snow on the ground

finally we have a bit more snow to cover the spots that became bare. This is the strangest winter. We have hardly any snow, and so many places are being dumped on with snow. The weathermen said this time we were going to get about 12-18", but we didn't. It was bitter cold, and most of what we got was actually frozen rain, and very strange, but still fun to play in, and have the first snow day of the year.

Even Adam had fun playing in the snow his own way (stealing Eli's little quad!).



I shoveled a bunch of it into the kitchen sink, and emmett spent about an hour dripping colored water into it and making a colorful mass of coldness in the sink.

Then we all bundled up and played outside in it for a while. Eli slid down all sorts of things, and emmett was busy 'sawing' through the crust with a stick.

I made maple syrup taffy and had it in the fresh snow......