The sky was still dark this morning, but that was no reason for the kids to stay inside one more minute. We all woke to find a blanket of snow with more continuing to fall. By 10:00 the kids were up, dressed, and ready to plow into the white wonderland. Even Kaylin was happy to don her boots and snow gear and run outside to frolic with the older kids. I shoveled the drive while the kids sledded down the little hill behind the house. They quickly mastered a new trick of standing on the sled and Sam showed me she could make it all the way to the bottom of the hill on her feet.
Living in Alaska you would think that the whole winter would be white and snow days would be a common occurrence. Sadly, here in Kodiak that is not the norm. We do get snow, and sometimes it is like today and the kids can go out and enjoy the white goodness. Often it is accompanied by rain making it slushy and not much fun to play in.
So today most things fell to the wayside as we enjoyed a good snow day with hot chocolate and games inside while wet things dried. In the afternoon it was time to head back out before the light of the day was gone. The snow plow has not been through yet, the kids are awaiting the mound of snow it will bring to dump at the end of the circle. They were able to dig a snow fort into that mountain of piled snow in December, and they have hopes to recreate it now.
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Out front playing in the unplowed road. Who lets their kids play in the street? Oh, right! That would be me.
