We finally got a decent snow! Of course most of it came while Matt was on a short trip up to the North Slope, so I got to shovel the driveway about five times. At least it's a good workout, I nailed it on my fitbit steps for the day both days. Yay!
Once Matt was home, we thought it would be fun to bundle up the boys and take them outside to play. Henry mostly got to watch play time from the stroller, but he still seemed content to hang out. I always worry that they aren't warm enough - so for now I'm going with the assumption that if they aren't crying, they must be fine.
I looked up snow activities on Pinterest (I know, you're shocked by that...) and they had several cool ideas. The first one I decided to try was snow painting. I bought some spray bottles and let Thomas go crazy. It was a little hard for him to do it with his gloves, but otherwise he loved it!
Matt wrote his T's name in the snow, but Natalie attacked the purple snow before I could get a photo. Apparently everyone loved the snow painting...!
Henry was not impressed by "someone" throwing a snowball at him. Look at his side-eye his throwing at his dada. I would imagine if this happens in a few years, a full blown snowball war would ensue. Better enjoy the lack of counter-attacks now Honey, it's not going to last.
Haha - Matt looks pretty proud of himself, doesn't he? Nonni brought us these snowball makers last year, but this is the first time we've really gotten to use them. The snow was still a little powdery, but we managed to make a few successful ones.
Look at the one Natalie is trying to eat, that is a picture perfect snowball! So round and pretty!
Thomas was trying to make snowballs too, but his wouldn't stick together. He kept trying, but when he would pop the tongs open, he would just look all surprised and yell "Uh-oh, snow!!" It was pretty adorable. :)
And you can see the snow paint bottles in the background. I made a pink one and a purple one because those happen to be some of my favorite colors. And Thomas has no objections to pink yet, so I will take advantage of it while I can!
Thomas was super determined to ride his bike even though I told him it was too icy. I lost track of him in the garage for a second and next thing I know he was dragging his tricycle out. His dad ended up pushing him around in the driveway and doing wheelies. Thomas is doing his best to give me a thumbs-up in his snow mitten.
Also notice the spray bottle in the background. It might have gotten forgotten when we went inside and when the water in it froze, it broke the bottle. Well that didn't last long... Luckily Matt took the other spray bottle inside, so we still have one.
Back inside, I thought we should warm up with hot chocolate - best idea ever! As far as I know, Thomas hasn't had hot chocolate yet and he loved it! The fact that I made it with Ghirardelli chocolate chunks and topped it with whipped cream might have had something to do with that. I love some good hot chocolate, why wouldn't I give my little man the very best?!
Henry isn't quite up to hot chocolate drinking yet, but he did get a warm bottle of milk. He seemed happy enough with that though - as long as Thomas doesn't tell him what he is missing, we'll be good for a few more months. I feel like Henry is going to get to try sweets a bit sooner than his brother - how can I say no to Henry if Thomas (and probably me...) is chowing down on a piece of cake right in front of him. That just seems rude!