Snow Day, part 2

Man, I had no idea when I posted that last post about the "snow" that we had actual snow coming our way! 



Yesterday it snowed for more than 4 hours.  Real snow.  It was amazing.


Inspired by some photographer mom friends of mine, I took the kids to a nearby park for some photos.  (In case the above video won't play for you, here are some of my favorites from the day).



Can I tell you -- in case you have never done it -- that getting 3 kids under the age of 4 properly dressed and out in the blowing snow with camera in hand is not easy? 


Who knew, but snow gets everywhere!  In the stroller, in the car, in every possible opening of my camera bag and purse.  I was clueless about this.



But the kids enjoyed themselves.  Until Oliver decided he was way over it and screamed from that point until we arrived home.  But the big kids had fun.



That afternoon we played outside more, playing chase and trying to build snowmen.  Lucy begged me to make a snow angel, so we did that, too.  We made hot chocolate when we came back inside.



All in all, it was a really lovely day.  We played in the snow twice and had hot chocolate, and I read library books to the kids for about an hour. 



Over dinner, I excitedly anticipated Lucy's answer when Daniel would ask, "so, Lucy, how was your day?' 



You know her response?

It was pretty rough.



Kids!  Amiright?  She went on to describe how we wouldn't play her the music she wanted during the night before (at 2am).



Anyways, Lucy's underwhelming response notwithstanding, It was a really fun snow day--and, thanks to the fact that I never watch any form of the news anymore, the snow itself was a very pleasant surprise.