Ellie's Second Snow Day

It finally happened! On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 we got a snow day where both Randall and I got to stay home because school and work were closed! We got about 8 inches total. The snow started on Tuesday night and continued all day long on Wednesday. Randall got Thursday off too but I just got a delay. We thoroughly enjoyed the surprise day off in the middle of the week where we got to spend every minute with our EllieBelle.

While we certainly wanted to take her out in the snow again (for me it would be the first time in the snow with her because I had to work last time it snowed) we had to wait until late afternoon for the snow and wind to lighten up. By then it started to rain/sleet and get yucky-- but we tried anyway! Ellie wasn't as impressed with the snow this time as she was last time. Perhaps she wasn't liking it because it seemed to be getting slushy very quickly. Randall was shoveling the driveway and I tried to start making a snowman with Ellie but she kept running back into the garage. She took up a sudden interest in the jogger that has been sitting in between the cars all season. I really tried to coax her into playing out in the snow, but she wasn't having any part of it.

I eventually gave in and Ellie and I went inside and watched daddy from the bay window. Randall build an awesome snowman-- or should I say "snowgirl" with the likeness of Ellie due to the sprig at the top of it's head to resemble Ellie's new hairstyle. Ellie thought this snowperson was pretty cool. And who knew Randall was such a good snowman-builder? I guess it makes sense since he's known to his family as the Snowman because he was born during a blizzard. I should have known :)

The next morning when Ellie woke up she ate breakfast and then as if it were on her mind all night she ran to the bay window threw open the curtain and squealed. I was still cleaning up breakfast and Randall was upstairs at the time. She ran back to the kitchen to get me and excitedly ran back down the hall, opened the curtain, smiled, squealed again and pointed to her snowman as if to say "Look, Mommy! It's still there!!!" I love the sense of wonder and excitement she has--it's so pure!

With the snow quickly melting as temperatures climbed we noticed that the snowgirl was in need of repair. Randall and Ellie went out to perform surgery. On Friday morning Ellie rushed to the window again to check things out. Our snowgirl was becoming much thinner but Ellie was still happy to see it out there. By Saturday, there was no snowgirl to speak of, with 60 degree weather she was gone, gone, gone!