Ice Day?

We woke up to a blustery cold ice storm! We new it was coming, but was hoping for snow instead of sleet, still the icy sleet didn’t keep my four kids from bundling up like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and braving the chill.

Their friends came over and they all took turns sliding down our driveway on sleds. I heard Chris (12) gripe to his friend, “the bad thing about homeschooling is that we don’t get a school day.”

I became the best mom of the neighborhood when I served them all hot chocolate that was creamy (made with milk) and didn’t scald their tongues! One of the neighborhood kids said it was the best hot chocolate ever. Thanks to last years Swiss Miss hot chocolate.

When their lips were blue, their noses red and finger tips numb they came in for lunch and a science lesson. We learned the difference between sleet, snow and hail! Do you know the difference? It’s quite fascinating, really!

Then the little kids watched Frosty the Snowman for the second time and I baked Molasses cookies while the big kids did their math. I’ve never baked Molasses cookies, but had left over Molasses from our Boston unit and thought that cookies was probably the best use for the Molasses.

Later in the afternoon, the boys went outside and it started to snow instead of sleet! They played football with the neighbor kids. Here are some pics. (Will post later…Blogger’s not cooperating)

I finished up my cookie baking and absentmindedly left the step stool pushed up to the counter where my pup couldn’t resist snatching a cookie or two. Don’t worry, I’ll be feeding the possibly licked cookies to my family and not neighbors and friends! Hey, the kids like to kiss the dog on the lips, surely they won’t mind eating slobbery cookies!

Such a lazy but productive day and there’s still more weather reading to do. But the kids are still running through the snow and the house is so quiet. No need to disturb the order of the universe!