(Disney's timing for Frozen was impeccable!)
After a couple of relatively disappointing (for kids, anyway) winters in terms of snow, this winter has more than made up for it. Even though we haven't had a snowfall of more than 10" or so, we have had almost a dozen snowfalls that required shoveling so far... not to mention freezing rain, high winds, a nasty ice storm, and yes, a polar vortex. We seem to get hit with some kind of wintery precipitation every few days or so, giving us little time to recover - and plenty of time to complain! And did I mention that it's been COLD?!
The local meteorologists have struggled to accurately predict much of our weather this winter (well, it had been quite a while since they had any interesting winter weather to predict I suppose), and after getting barely a dusting of snow during the predicted "major storm", followed by several inches of totally unexpected snow just a few days later, Liam astutely observed,
"You know, Mom, sometimes I just think the weather people should just look out the window."
Preach.
At least our new house came with one of these babies in the garage!
Villanova has had an unprecedented number of snow days this winter, giving me lots (and lots) of time at home with the boys. What to do with all this time off? We've worked hard to stay occupied, which is not always an easy task given the icy conditions and frequent sub-zero temperatures. Whenever we could, though, we went outside. We built snowmen...
shoveled... (the boys were really quite helpful in this regard, and they like doing it! Bonus!)
... and had snowball fights. The most epic being among these three!
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| Liam, Theresa, and Joergen. Can you spot the snowball? |
We did our best to pass the time inside, too. We baked...
waited for snowplows...
played with Legos (and every other toy, game, and puzzle in the house)...
snuggled...
... and did whatever we could to beat the boredom!
"Hey guys, what do you think of winter??"
Yep. I agree.
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