So lucky for me, the weather provided my inspiration for this weeks activity- we played in the SNOW! Reese saw a little snow in Utah back in November, but it was old and crusty. But the last few days we have gotten some glorious and beautiful snow here in the Pacific Northwest. Reese loved it. She will stand at our porch door and say "oh... snowing!"
We took her out Sunday night to play and ran into our cute friend Edgar with his daughters Hannah (4) and Julia (3). Reese loves those girls and they had such fun running down the hill and belly flopping in the snow, throwing snow and eating snow. We let them play on the snowy playground. The slide was iced over and was more like a bobsled run- luckily Spence was there to catch them at the bottom as they shot out. They girls loved it and just laughed. Poor Reese had a frozen little face by the time we were done, but she did not mind one bit.
Today we took her over to my parents' house for some sledding. They have a perfect little hill in the front field and even had a sled buried in the back of the barn. Reese loved it (I say that a lot, don't I?) She even went down by herself on her bum and on her tummy. We each took a turn with her. Then Dad and Spence built a very large snowman. Reese gave him a hug and the ate some of him :) We also made a wall with her sand bucket and some snow blocks.
So snow play is definitely a hit with the kid. Once thing I will try someday I saw in a magazine: a mom had kids who loved the snow but kept getting too cold. So she put a bunch in some buckets and put it in the bathtub. Her daughters made a castle with buckets and cups and played with their princesses. I thought that was such a fun idea. I'm not going to lug snow up my stairs though, so this idea will wait until we have a house.
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