Jim and the kids are outside enjoying the morning "snow flurries" as forcasted for today. We got about 3 inches. Mmmmm... At the end of our culdesac the snow gets plowed into a huge pile and the neighbor kids then make snow tunnels and slides on all sides of it. We take full advantage! Matthew is out there right now making his own trail. He's such a joy to watch in the snow; so able bodied and such control over his movements. He handles the snow better than his prego mama.
Ella Jane is way into Little People these days. She loads EVERYBODY into the bus and off to school they go. When it's full there are about 12 little characters in there, construction crew included. We have the little buldozer and the other day and said "mommy look!! it's the snow pick up guy!" Nothing about scooping dirt or making roads, just picking up the snow. That's because here in IA. after the snow has been piling up, they come in with the dump trucks and bulldozers and scoop up the snow. I imagine there is a kid's dreamland of snowforts and slides just waiting to be built somewhere.
Pretty cute for Ella Jane, since the snow is an everyday occurance for you guys. And, now school is a big deal too, with Matthew off to school. Never thought of making tunnels in that big pile of snow that collects in your cul-d-sac. I bet that is fun. I'm glad Matthew is out there playing around. He is very adept in the snow. When we went for our walk to Julie Kings house, he kept walking on the piled up snow on the sidewalk, and he slipped a couple of times, but he never got hurt and always was able to catch himself. Walking for you in the snow, must be a slippery trick. No fair falling!!
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