Snowy Day

It began snowing last night and while it's not much, it was still enough for the kids to have had a blast this morning making snowballs and eating maple syrup snow (which they probably shouldn't be doing, but I'm sure we've eaten worse things!).  Schools have declared a snow day in most areas, so the kids were happy about that (okay, okay, I know, we're homeschooling...sh! don't tell). 

The view out my window was just beautiful...



Snow? In Mexico?

What? Snow in Mexico? In October?! Typically, the word "Mexico" brings up thoughts of sunny beaches in Cancún or lush tropical jungles...but there are actually a few places in Mexico that get pretty cold and may actually snow from time to time! And we live in one of those places...granted, October is really early for snow and since the temperatures had been up in the 70s the day before, this really did take us quite by surprise! But yeah, last Thursday, we woke up to sleet and snow and really, really cold temperatures!

This was JD's first experience with snow!

After running around outside in shirt-sleeves, it didn't

take long for him to decide that he needed to get dressed

appropriately for the weather!

There was enough snow piled up in the corners

and on the trampoline to make snowballs!

A very small snowball...

Even Jkaile got a snowball!

He knew what to do with it, too, since

he promptly threw it at Micah!

But alas, all fun must end at some point and the

kids had to get ready to go to school...they

were still pretty excited, though!

Micah was convinced it had snowed just for his

birthday! I was thankful that it did clear up

enough to mostly have his birthday party outside

that afternoon...stay tuned for my next post

for party pics!

Remember my pretty flowers? Poor things

out there in the snow...

Snowstorm

Thanks to a link over at Simple Mom, I have been introduced to a new winter craft called a snowstorm! The instructions call for using round labels and dental floss, but I cut out circles and glued them together over fishing line. I also used two different sizes of circles to stagger it a bit. It was a lot of work, I think it took me about an hour? to make these. I am thinking I might make them to go over my kitchen window! It doesn't have a curtain and it's not like I'd have to take them down after Christmas...now the wheels are turning about how to vary this idea for different seasons and/or occasions!

The flash didn't go off when I took this picture,

but it turned out kind of cool!

I think I got them a little too long...