In mid-February we got a ton of snow—the kids got out of school early on a Tuesday and didn’t go back to school for the rest of the week. We were homebound for days. Jonathan skipped town for work on Tuesday (heading out earlier than necessary to make sure he could make it to Philly for a Thursday meeting), so it was just me and the kids at home together for three and a half days. We had a fun time hunkering down—and luckily we knew it was coming, so we were all stocked up (yes, milk and t.p…ha ha in true Charlotte snowmaggedon style)—for a few days. We spent A TON of time outside playing in the snow, making snowmen, “sledding”, shoveling snow, going on walks—we were definitely outside more than any of our neighbors. The kids were usually armed with a thermos of hot cocoa, to ensure they’d stay out in the snow as long as possible, of course, burning all of their energy there. But, we also had lots of snuggling movie time and popcorn, board games, books, and, yeah, kindle/iPad/Wii time. The snow was beautiful and we’re so thankful every year when we get a big snow. It just doesn’t feel like winter without it…even in Charlotte.
{wish I remembered why jack was pouting here—he was wronged in some way, no doubt—but love the dichotomy of expressions here.}
{and his smile is back the next day…maybe it was that old hat that was giving him trouble.}
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