Snow Birthday

Today was not the day we had planned, but it was a great family day!

I was up with David at 5 a.m. when he was getting ready for work, and planned to make him a birthday breakfast. Then I realized we were in serious need of grocery shopping, so he ended up with his normal cereal. But I did make his coffee and pack his lunch.

So, David headed off for work with his new Group 1 Crew CD in the car. About an hour after leaving the house, David called and said he was being hit with ice pellets, so was heading home instead of to work! YAY! I believe David has taken off work for his birthday every year since high school. But because of the new position, he didn't want to do that this year. What a blessing to have a snow day!

The kids and I had planned to go do some shopping and running around town, but with this being Josiah's first real snow and having Daddy home, we played in the snow instead! Afterward, we had hot chocolate and popcorn. And then all took some long naps! So NICE!

We had planned to go out to dinner for David's birthday, but decided we'd rather stay home. So we had pasta with some leftover pork (remember the need for groceries?) We'll go out another evening.

Enjoy some first snow pics!

At first, Josiah was not so sure about walking in the snow. He was a bit panicked when he fell over, and he didn't even really try to get himself back up. But he began to like the idea. He loved throwing the snow, and didn't even mind sticking his bare hands right down in it. (How in the world do you get mittens to stay on a little boy?) He especially enjoyed tubing down the driveway with Daddy, Elizabeth, or even on his own!