So, on the first day E was supposed to go back to work for his paternity leave (which was also the boys' last day of school before Christmas break) we woke up to this! An English winter wonderland!
No work for E and no school for the boys! Extra day of paternity leave and Christmas break. Snow like this is so unusual in England, that they don't even have snow plows. Seriously, they can't plow the roads. You just have to wait for it to melt. This creates an interesting driving situation, so they just cancel everything. Work, cancelled. School, cancelled. Never mind that it was just 3 inches of snow... Bring on the fun!
It took us a quite a while to locate all our snow gear to actually get the boys out the door. (I decided to stay inside the nice warm house with the 11 day old...) Notice that he is not wearing snow boots (not enough snow in England to warrant buying them) but Wellies with two pairs of socks on instead!
Our boys have never really spent much time playing in the snow, so we had to start with the basics... like how to make a good snow angel...
and how to have a proper snowball fight...
and how to make the "perfect" snowman! (Complete with hat and carrot nose!)
Brrrrrr... it's getting cold out there. Time to come inside for some hot cocoa and marshmallows. What a great way to start Christmas break!
3 comments:
Looks like fun! I am sure it probably is even less likely you will be seeing any snow in Texas.
You're back! Hooray!
I've been checking daily for eight months! Wow. Nice to have you back.
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