Snow Much Fun!!

Today we had a snow day at school! It snowed about 3 inches on top of some leftover snow from the weekend. Our local schools were out and the roads were a little tricky, so we had limited staffing available and fewer kids than usual.  We managed to have a place for everyone who called and the best part is that we actually remembered to ask parents to send in snow gear. Ms. Stacey and I kept our 15 kids together in the "big room" to play and snack. Then we all helped each other get ready to go outside. School-agers are really helpful for zipping coats, finding hats and holding jackets!!
We took the kids up to the upper gravel lot and let them loose. They made some huge snow balls that turned into a snow spider, a snowman, and some other creation that they enjoyed sitting on and jumping off. They had such a great time running around in the snow and playing. It was a lot of work to get ready, but I am really glad we did it!!
After we played outside for a while, we came in, changed out of our wet clothes (Ms. Pam surely appreciated the two pairs of socks I stuck on her heater to dry!!) and then each kid got to make their own pizza for lunch. They were really messy, but the kids scarfed them down, so they must have been good.
I think almost everyone is sleeping now, so we must have really worn them out outside. Days like this are fun because the kids get to play with kids they don't normally play with that often (the school-agers and other classrooms). It's also nice to have another adult to hang around with in the room.