First Snow Day

This morning we woke up to snow. Nicholas and Claire were so excited and they couldn't wait to go outside and play in the snow, making snow angels. Claire looked out the front door and saw the snow, then ran to the back of the house and saw the snow in the back and exclaimed "There's snow in the back yard too!" She is such a funny little girl.

Once they bundled up, Nicholas and Claire went out with Blair to help him shovel. The funny thing about a 4.5 year old and a 2.5 year old helping to shovel, is that they don't really help all that well. Claire got tired of shoveling; and, honestly, it was pretty wet and heavy, so she started doing what she loves to do, supervise. Claire's way of "supervising" is to walk around and tell her Daddy and brother where to put the snow. Now, Nicholas, in all his 4.5 year old wisdom, tries his hardest (and believes that it is so) to help, but again, the snow is heavy and his aim is off, most of his snow ended up behind him in the garage or beside him, aimed at Daddy.

Supervisor on duty

Making a snow angel

After an hour of shoveling, or supervising, Claire was ready to come in and about 30 minutes later, Nicholas and Blair came in for hot chocolate and coffee, respectively.