snow day #2

Today was, you guessed it!, snow day #2. Although it doesn't look like all that much snow (less than a foot, I'd say), most schools were closed today and Billy even stayed home to join in the fun.

We all slept in and spent the morning cozied up inside. I'll admit, I took another wonderful nap with Braden this morning. Naps with a snuggley little boy are The. Best.!

After lunch we agreed that we really needed to attack the driveway. Billy went out to move the truck out of the driveway so that we could thoroughly shovel the whole thing, and Braden (watching from the door) wanted to go out and help sooooo badly. . . . in fact I opened the door to ask Billy to grab the mail while he was outside, and before I knew it B had stepped out the door . . .

. . . he was quite pleased with himself for getting to stomp in the white stuff (in his socks)!

It looks like perhaps Billy did need help . . . he got stuck in the berm at the end of the driveway. :(

We decided to bundle up properly, and head out into the winter wonderland with Daddy . . . it was a LOT colder and quite windy today, so I didn't think B would last very long. But none the less, we pulled out the snowpants (glad I got those too!), coat, hat, boots, and mittens. . .

. . . and headed out. B loved it!

So much more snow than yesterday!

After a while, I cut off the merriment and sent Billy inside with our chilly child. I scooped for a while, then traded off with Billy.

Driveway cleared (for now - it is still snowing/blowing), warm showers/baths taken . . . let the snuggling begin. I'm still hoping to do some baking tonight . . .