Today was a rather anti-climactic snow day as far as the snow was concerned (three inches at most that melted really quickly), but school was cancelled, so we had time to do some fun things like baking. We also made Hoth Chocolate Snowballs from Star Wars Everyday. I never would have thought of using malt powder in hot chocolate…it’s really delicious!
We also had the Markel Family Snow Day Special for dinner…French Toast (made with vanilla brioche!):
We might not have had enough snow to really play in, and I didn’t get to shovel, but it was still a nice break from the normal!
Today we had a snow day! This was a special snow day, because not only did Moose’s school close for the day, the homeschool event we were supposed to attend at the Missouri History Museum was cancelled, so we were all truly home for the day!
Of course we had to play in the snow:
When a snow day happens the week before Christmas, you bake Christmas cookies. And while we baked, we watched not only the unbelievably fluffy flakes fall outside the kitchen window, but also the Nutcracker, something we do every year around Christmas. We watched three different productions today: The Dutch National Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, and my personal favorite, the San Fransisco Ballet. Three Nutcrackers and 13 dozen cookies later, and all of our “fancy” baking is done!
We also made “stained glass” Christmas ornaments while we watched White Christmas. I love how they turned out!
We found time for a nice walk in the snow:
And had our standard Markel Family snow day dinner!
The Fab Five had time to build two bags of their Lego Hogwarts Castle set today. Here’s a look at some of the detail:
After shoveling (something that I really enjoy doing!), we watched National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The older I get, the more I relate to Clark Griswold, which is a little bit scary!
This was one of the nicest days I’ve had, and I really enjoyed the chance to both slow down and get a lot of work done!
I mentioned that Moose was very excited about the five-day weekend he got to have surrounding his birthday. Well, the five-day weekend turned into a six-day weekend, thanks to what I think may be the earliest snow day he’s ever had! And when you add in the meteor we saw streak through the sky last night, it has been quite a birthday long weekend!
In all honestly, I think closing the schools was ridiculous. We got maybe two inches of snow, and yes, it was really cold this morning, and there was some ice, but if they’re closing schools this early in the season, I’m kind of concerned about what’s going to happen come January. I will say that it definitely looks pretty, especially since so many of the trees still have their beautiful (and now snow-covered) fall foliage!
