Snow!

Fort Wayne got about 10" of snow this week. In the almost 4 years that we have lived here, that is probably the biggest storm we have seen. Usually we do not get that much snow at once. Schools have been closed the past 3 days, and people were advised not to go out unless it was an emergency. (I know some people reading this in New England or MN are probably scoffing at 10". I'm sure you get that by Halloween each year.)

Anyway, here are some pictures of the kids enjoying the snow. Well, Samuel was enjoying it. I took Becca out once and she was fine for about 3 minutes and then she realized how cold snow was, so she wanted to go back in.

We borrowed Meg's idea for playing with snow inside, and Becca seemed to enjoy that a lot more:

Today Samuel built a big snow fort with his cousin and grandmother:

While they did that outside, Becca and I hung out inside and played with playdough. She is obsessed with playdough lately, but she can only play with it for about 5 minutes at a time because she looks at it and looks at it and looks at it, and then it's like, must. eat. playdough. now. So then it has to go away. Today I found a recipe for homemade playdough and I made that for her. I figured that if she ate it, it would be safe. In case anyone wants the recipe, here it is:

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of salt

1/2 cup of water

Mix together. Add food coloring if you would like.

The homemade playdough was a big hit. She did try to eat it, but it must have tasted really bad because she didn't put it in her mouth again, and she played with it for almost 20 minutes.