Things to Do During a Blizzard

We got another big storm today. It was beautiful snow, the kind that clings to the trees (and makes them fall and take out power lines, but luckily that didnt' happen to us). We spent much of the day indoors, just watching it come down. Usually, Max is dragging me out to play the minute he discovers it is snowing, but not today. He must be getting used to it. Instead, we built a volcano. The kids and I had made playdough and dyed it green, red, brown and blue (Max's idea) for my volcano class at work. Because there was no school today, I didn't need it today, so we used it instead. Max built a really nice volcano, and we had a blast watching it errupt. Then, I finally managed to drag them outdoors. As usually, Max had a blast. The dogs did, too. They are happiest when they are either swimming or playing in the snow. Lauren was the surprise, though. The snow was quite deep and for the first time, she really walked in it, not just on the packed areas. She really seemed to enjoy it. I am sure it helped that there was little wind and it was just shy of freezing, but she played for quite a while (it helped that she kept her gloves on).