Fun on snow days!

Pouring the salt into the mixing bowl. Ultimate goal: play-doh!

About to start the smushing process.







Fascinated with the mixing. Note the gooey hands.

Xander was a little grossed out, to tell the truth. The boy just doesn't like to get dirty! Either that or he wasn't a fan of the blue food coloring.

After we finished our creations, Xander got to put all the colors back in the box. It took intense concentration.

Later on in the day, we thought we'd go outside. Bad idea. WHY ME??? seemed to be his general attitude. But for the record - because I know you'll all make fun of me - the snow suit wasn't too constrictive. He could walk fine in it.

Here I am showing off our powerful and mighty car, going absolutely nowhere. By the end of the day it was just a big white blob.





Behold the wonder of my snow angel.

Jonathan and I were having fun outside, but it was a bust for Xander. The snow was much too high to walk in, and he doesn't much like falling down in the cold. So we came back inside. And wow, it's amazing what games you can come up with when you're bored.....

And finally, it should be noted that staying indoors so much has been giving us the opportunity to do something we usually don't have time for... to cook! We decided to tackle the huge amount of chicken in the freezer that my mom had bought but didn't get to when she was here. So far dinners this week have been: chicken fettucini alfredo, Chinese garlic chicken with chestnuts, Indian chicken curry, and creole jambalaya. Half of the sauces were from mixes, mind, but hey, we're still proud of ourselves. :)

It was rather hard to go back to school yesterday. But rumor has it that there's going to be another storm on Monday....