****Things I noticed on a Snow Day****

Every winter, kids around much of the country long to hear those magic words... "snow day." I still remember lying in my bed on winter mornings, listening to the radio and waiting to hear if my school's name was read off a big list of closings and cancellations due to a "snow day." Unfortunately Snow Day's were few and far between since I grew up in Portland (rain was way more common then snow).

But still, there is something so magical about snow (and we've been getting a lot of it this year.) It makes everything look better. It gives a layer of cottony brightness to trees, fences and lawns... it covers a bike left in the driveway, turning its frame into an abstract sculpture. It hightens beauty and covers flaw.

Perhaps my favorite thing is to see its magic through the eyes of Bryant. Through Bryant I've noticed that a "snow day" helps me to slow down and see everything I've been forgetting to notice. Here's what I noticed on Sunday...

I noticed we'd received a heck of alot of snow! On right side of the picture the curb goes down about 4 inches below the snow line.

I noticed the boys enjoyed playing scientists and taking rulers and measuring the amount of snow we received.

I noticed by afternoon we had received over 10 inches of snow!

I noticed that snow can cool a diet coke almost immediately. Oh, I do love my ice cold diet coke!

I noticed the snow sculptures the boys made. What beauty. Add a little Kool-Aid and they become giant snow cones!

I noticed the neighborhood girls enjoyed sitting around in our front yard and looking pretty. Don'tcha know that snow makes all girls look pretty (according to Bryant)!

I noticed that Bryant and Cooper are "all boy" and promptly made a giant snow hill to sled down.

I noticed Bryant spent more time falling down than he did standing up.

I noticed that snow makes boys really hungry. They ate cinamon rolls and drank hot apple cider.

I noticed that some kids are so excited to see the snow they just run out their front door and down to my house in their pajama's and crocks.

I noticed that kids love to build things in the snow. Especially snow forts.

I noticed Bryant likes to pretend he's a spy who's crawling out of the ground tunnel to catch a bad guy.

I noticed that I need to play in the snow more often and get more exercise. My a$$ barely fit in the snow fort.

I noticed that I am really still a kid at heart and I love snow days!