Snow!

Not too much snow, but enough for us to get out of school early on Tuesday and go to school late on Wednesday. Maria, Sam, and Mason spent two hours outside working on this fort, using their brick-makers that Maria and Sam got for Christmas. (Sam came in slightly earlier then the other two so he's not in the picture). They had intended to finish the next day, but the snow stopped, so they had to go to school instead. And Wednesday the wind picked up, so Maria spent time outside after school getting the fort put back the way it was. Sadly, the opportunity never arose for the kids to finish their snow fort as the wind kept damaging it each day.

Earlier this winter the kids also tried out their snowball makers (another Christmas gift), and they went sledding with the Wilsons on Thursday. They report that the new sleds work really well, although I have no pictures since I wasn't there. While they're getting some use out of this snow stuff, they are anxiously awaiting a much larger amount of snowfall so they can use all the new snow stuff again.