snow day!

We have had a mild winter in Portland - not that cold, not that much rain, no snow or ice storms, and even some sunny days. But we woke up this morning to falling snow and the children raced to get outside as soon as they could.  We were alone at the school field at 7 am. (Shocking!) We sledded, made snow angels, threw snowballs for Jasper, and enjoyed ourselves until everyone was famished and we came home. The snowfall stopped and the few inches that had accumulated started to melt away. I went off to climb at PG with Anja and get the week's groceries while the kids and Steve read books and watched a movie (Daddy Daycare! Not exactly new, but pretty funny in a slapstick way.)

While we were eating lunch, it started to snow again - a little at first, and then more and more, until it looked like a snow globe out there. It rarely snows midday in Portland - it'll get cold enough overnight that the precipitation comes down as snow, but once the sun comes up it's usually just rain or sleet. These were huge, amazing flakes. So we got all our snow gear back on and headed out for round two. This time there were lots of friends to play with - the Hornbrooks and Qualls families included - and we had a big snowball fight and sledded until the slope was a muddy mess. Jasper romped with his brother Neptune and some other dogs for hours. It was just a grand, happy, exhausting Sunday. I'm so glad we got a proper snow day for the winter. Sebastian loves the snow so much and was thrilled to be out in it.

 Making a ramp for his snowboard to go over - not terribly successful.