Snow Day

Today it snowed! It doesn't snow very often here in Seattle, so when it does, we try to have fun. Ben even stayed here and worked from home and was able to have fun with Chloe.

He got a body board, attached a rope and tie-down to it, and pulled Chloe around our cul da sac on a make-shift sled. She loved it!

I took a turn pulling her and got my day's workout done- pulling around a 40 pound kid can work up quite a sweat! I must have been doing a pretty good job because Chloe kept commenting, "Wow Mom, we're going fast!"

Mitchell, apparently, was not impressed with the snow, but we loved dressing him up in his little bear snow suit.

Ben and Chloe made a snowman and Chloe loved it. They even used a real carrot for the nose and raisins for the eyes and mouth, which she thought was quite interesting. Later in the day, Chloe was up in her room and looked out the window and we heard her yell, "Oh no! My snowman!" We went in there and she sobbed, "My snowman is missing an eye and his arm is gone!" We had to sing the "Once there was a Snowman" song to help remind her that snowmans melt and go away (and lose limbs and body parts in the process). It was quite traumatic for her- we didn't realize how attached she had become to her snow friend!

The snow was pretty much gone by the end of the day, but we enjoyed it while it lasted. Having Dad home was definitely the best part of the day.