It has been especially cold for the past few days and super WINDY! In fact the kids didn't have school yesterday because of ice on the roads.... HOORAY FOR A DAY OFF!!!! It has been unusually cold! WE ARE LOVING IT! Don't laugh for those of you in really icy and snowy areas, but this is what we do for fun with the little ice we do have!
The kids made a "homemade" sled with a box and pulled each other on the ice strips they could find. It was freezing outside, but they didn't care and played outside on the ice for over an hour. I could only handle being out there long enough to take pictures and completely "biff" it on the sidewalk. (don't worry I'm okay!)PLAYING IN THE LEAVES!:
A few weeks ago the kids decided to rake up some leaves. Eventhough the two trees we have in our yard are dead and have NO leaves on them, we have managed to somehow acquire everyone else's leaves from the neighborhood. The boys were so excited to rake them up and jump in them.
I think this occupied them for almost an hour!! They would rake, then jump, then rake, then jump!!! They were so sad to have to bag them up - they actually saved the bags in the garage so they could dump them out and play in them again!! How cute is that??? Don't you just love the simple joys that make your kids happy!
2 comments:
the "ice day" yesterday was fun! a laundry basket works really well for sliding down driveways too:)
We miss those no school Ice days. We've had a snow storm drop a lot of snow on us and it is below zero today but the kids still have school. Have a Merry Christmas!
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