Heartland Ice Storm!

School was canceled all over the tri-state area yesterday much to the dismay of students, teachers, and most of all, bus drivers! We started our Christmas vacation a day early. I confess, it did not upset me one little bit, but the little boys were truly disappointed, because Friday was the day they were to have their classroom Christmas parties. To help alleviate their disappointment, we had our own little "class party" at Mar's Old Fashioned One Room Schoolhouse. First, we baked cookies. I was able to find some little items to wrap up for party favors. We enjoyed hot chocolate in fancy little cups and saucers with warm cookies, played some table games, and each of the boys received a small gift. It was great fun. In fact, they thought it may have been even better than the party that would have taken place in their "real school".







After all that, we went out to slip and slide on the ice. Walking was a challenge for me, but that wasn't exciting enough for them. They wanted to ride their bikes on the ice and then they got the sled and saucer out.





It took them about two hours to get wet and cold enough to come back inside. Wyatt was tired, and said he wanted to take a little nap! Can you believe that---he's asking me to let him take a nap! That's a real switch! While he was resting, Zach played quietly and I cleaned up the mess we made baking cookies.
All in all, we enjoyed a wonderful day. Just before they went to sleep for the night, they both commented about the fact that we "didn't even go anywhere today". I told them that I especially enjoyed days that were spent entirely at home, and they agreed.
Indeed, there's no place like home!