Snowy Suprises

We love snowy surprises, especially if that includes Aaron comng home from work early! We were thrilled. We weren't expecting snow, I guess we hadn't watched the weather on the news lately. : )

We called Tiana and Ches to see if they saw the snow and found that Ches was asking to play outside, just like Elise. The Christensens have the perfect yard area for toddler fun and exploration. Unfortunately (yet very fortunately for Michelle!) Damon was sleeping so they couldn't come.

Fun highlights:
Elise and Ches throwing snowballs and then trying to throw some at Elijah (why doesn't he throw back?) until we directed their energies towards chasing Aaron. They seemed to have fun ganging up on him. I think Aaron liked it too. : )

The snowman built by Tiana and Ches. The kids loved it so much they ended up giving it a big hug. (I borrowed this one from Tiana's blog.)

Then there was Ches eating snow and making Elise giggle.

I loved how you could step from a snowy world onto green grass under the holly tree - like some fanasty world like Narnia or something.

The kids were so funny waiting under the tree for Tiana and I to throw snowballs at the tree so that they could be showered with snow that was sifted through the branches. Good idea, Tiana!

When we finally went home because we were soaked, Elise cried all night to go play in the snow with Ches again. And there were a lot of longing looks cast out of the window at the falling sleet.