Snow Day 2013

February 16th we had a big snow.  It was not our normal southern snow storm!  When we noticed it was snowing (& got over the shock) we quickly put on warm-er clothes & headed out.  Nora loved it!

Daddy quickly taught her to throw snowballs...at Mommy!

She went back & forth a million times between Aaron making her snowballs & me standing on the porch to throw it at me.  Lucky for me, she's not a softball player.

Nora was so cute in all that snow.  Her enormous pom pom hat held lots of snow in it.

Then, Daddy helped Nora build a little snowman.

Apparently our snowman needed eyes & a nose made of pink chalk...

...and a hat.  But, Nora's hat didn't fit right (& Nora needed it on!) so Daddy helped her make a 'hat'.

I think play time with Daddy was more fun for her than the snow itself. 

Aaron saying:  "Nora stand right here & hold still..." Immediately after the snow falls Nora would say:  "Do it again Daddy!"

Within minutes of the snowman being finished & playing with Daddy, Nora decided the snowman was done.  She stomped him out...just like that.  Poor guy never had a chance.

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Christmas evening it started snowing.  Church was even cancelled the next morning. =) Of course that means we got snowed in at my Mom's house.

Nora was dressed appropriately for the drive over in the car in her pajamas Christmas morning.  She was also dressed appropriately for the cold, but not freezing, weather we were having during  Christmas day.  But, she was definitely not dressed appropriately to play in the wet, cold snow!  So, she didn't experience snow until it was melting away the next afternoon.  (After I made it home to get her lots of layers of warm clothes!)



Here is her smiling...(before she touched the snow...)

Doesn't she look warm?

Here is her first experience with snow...=)  I don't think she likes it...I agree with her.  Snow is nice to look at, but it's too cold!!!

SNOW...not sure how I feel about it...

So, it has officially SNOWED this Winter!  Here in SC we don't see much snow.  Usually snowflakes fall at least once a year and it ALWAYS ices.  Well, this year (lucky us) we've had TWO SNOW DAYS!  

The first one (Jan. 20th?) it didn't really snow...it just iced bad enough that they were worried the buses wouldn't be able to travel safely.  Honestly, I needed the day off.  Report cards were due the next day and I was not NEAR ready!!  I was a little bummed about the snow day though...it meant we had to have school on President's Day and wouldn't have a day off until Good Friday before our Spring Break started!  

Hold on...then it snowed (Sunday night).  This time it snowed and snowed and snowed.  We went to my mom's for dinner (as usual on Sunday) and got snowed in.  Now it wasn't a ton of snow, but for SC it meant everything is shut down.  Lucky for my mom, us getting snowed in meant we HAD to be there to help her clean up some of her house so they can start showing it.  Well, this snow day was nice because I had been sleep deprived for a while and needed some time to just RELAX.  

But all good things come with a price.  NOW WE HAVE SCHOOL ON GOOD FRIDAY!  The worst part of it all...that means not a SINGLE day off until Spring Break the week after Easter!  My students and I are going to need that break sooner than it can get here!  Oh, but the really good news about snow...we got a delay the next day!  As Aaron teaches little kids to say "That's what I'm talking about!"  You get counted for the day, you sleep in, everyones happy and excited to be there and you prioritize the important learning things.  See...Why wouldn't everyone want to live in South where it RARELY snows?!?