Snow in NC

So I'm a bit behind in my blogging... chalk it up to a 2 1/2 week trip in Phoenix, with two of the boys getting sick towards the end of the trip, followed by weeks of being sick back here at home. We all came down with something... and that something is still lingering... and I've decided one of the hardest parts about having more (vs less) children, is that when one comes down with it, and they pick their noses, and touch each other (along with every other object in the house)... well, it just continues to get passed around with new symptoms. Sigh.

That combined with cooler temperatures here has meant a bit of cabin fever. Until this morning. When they woke up to an inch of snow/ice...

Yes, every once in a while, it does snow here in the southeast.

And yes, although their Mommy wasn't all that thrilled about seeing the white stuff the one winter she's supposed to get a break from it, they had a blast and are hoping God sends snow again (apparently we might get another  less then 1in on Wednesday evening...), she let them out to have fun and had hot cocoa on the stove waiting for them when they were through.

So they aren't the best pictures, because this pregnant Mommy wasn't crazy enough to go slipping and sliding on the sheets of ice to get in front of them (especially after seeing a couple other adults wipe out), but they did take full advantage of the slight slope in our yard to go careening into the back fence...

... not the safest, I know... but they were having fun... and feet first on a rimmed sled seemed a lot safer then their other ideas of "snowboard sledding" and sledding off the roof of the play structure onto the slide and down the yard...

and it sure beat Aiden's initial thought of sledding down the rooftops, because they would make great hills. ;)

"Wow, Aiden, you are all in blue!"

"Yeah, I look like Superman!"

 Callum loves the outdoors, but he was in and out this morning. He did not want gloves (none of my chidlren liked them at this age), but quickly learned that hands get chilled in cold, wet environments ;)

 Both had to shove off the first bit to build enough momentum on the ice.

Callum was indoors after Round 1 of cold fingers, but with the sled out, he wanted in on the action. I would've loved to have snapped a picture from the front...

 ... but the children wiped out every few steps, so I knew I probably wouldn't fare any better.

And when Aiden would ride back "up the hill", the weight pretty much caused Liam to hands and knees "mountain climb" his way back up :)

 The rule was supposed to be feet first, with the older child in front of Callum... it wasn't always followed, but Liam usually had control when it wasn't.

By the afternoon it was all slush, but the boys had fun using their shovels and pails and playing with it sandbox style! So even if the governor declares another state of emergency with the weather, and the whole city shuts down, there will be three little boys happy if we get more snow later this week ;)