snow day

Awaking at three a.m. to the sound of soft padding feet descending our stairs had me in a coma-like confused state. Our mixed-up midnight rambler thought it was time to start his day. Oh no. It's time to get back in bed like the rest of us. Claiming he couldn't sleep I retrieved extra blankets and crawled in next to the little man tucking his warm fleecy body against mine while the wind howled outside his window. Cozy in his single bed, my last thought before I drifted off was please no school. The thought of having to get up in the cold, wrestle with winter clothes, fight the snow, avoid the crazy parent drivers was not quite appealing at this hour. At about 5:30 a.m. my husband poked his head in the room to announce no school today. Ahhh, yes, I can go back to sleep. Lazy morning. At seven a.m. my husband got his alert that school was cancelled. Ok, here we go, yet another snow day. This winter has been heavy on not only snow but family time due to the snow. Being spoiled the past few years by extremely temperate winters, we are not used to this. I'll say this much, we're definitely a closer family this winter. Making the most of the situation is really all one can do to get through these long cold days. We have spent a LOT of time sledding, skating, playing games, baking, cooking. I have made countless cups of hot cocoa to go with popcorn and movies. We have traversed frozen ice waves on the lake and where the beach is supposed to be. Braving freezing winds just to get out of the house. Today will be no different. After another fresh 6 to 10 inches of snowfall last night we will be bundling up in snow pants and coats to fly down another snow covered hill. I should go to work, but really, who's going shopping in mounds of snow. Tomorrow I will open. Tomorrow this will all start to melt. Today I will spend the day with these beautiful boys of mine. We will sled and shovel grammy's driveway and make homemade pizza. There will be hot showers and early bedtime because tomorrow there will be school and although the week starts late, the next 3 days are busy ones. Today though, today is a snow day and since it is most likely the last one, we as a family will spend it joined at the hip. Because these cold days are numbered, age 5 doesn't last forever and there is Devil's Hill to conquer today. Good morning world.