What Do You Do on an Unexpected Snow Day?

This year we have had one of the snowiest and coldest winters since we've been in St. Louis. I always thought it was goofy that we had 6 snow days built into our calendar. I mean, really, when are we ever going to need 6 snow days in St. Louis? But, at the rate we're going, we just might use all six this year! (Granted, we don't need that much snow, or for it to get that cold for them to call off school here.) And, just to be clear, I'm NOT complaining about it! In fact, I'm pretty sure it's been since the beginning of December since we've had a full 5 day week. I don't know how we're going to make it when we do!

Starting last weekend, the weather reporters began hinting that we might have some school closings on Thursday. The snow started Wednesday evening and by 10pm I received that glorious phone call that school was canceled for the next day (for those of you outside of the education world, teachers covet snow days more than any student ever does!!!). I was shocked, however, when I got the same phone call Thursday evening! It got into the single digits overnight, so I guess it was just too cold for kiddos to be standing out at bus stops. So, with MLK Day on Monday, we ended up with a 2-day work week and a 4-day weekend!!!

You might be thinking: what does one do with a 16-month old on an unexpected snow day when it's too cold to go out?

1. Bring the snow inside!

From Winter 2010

From Winter 2010

2. Make Snow Ice Cream!

From Winter 2010

From Winter 2010

Have you had Snow Ice Cream?! I'd never heard of such a thing until I moved to St. Louis. Who know we'd learn something about snow in Missouri! And that's not the only thing I've learned. Did you know that when you're hoping for a snow day you're supposed to wear your pajama's inside-out, flush ice cubes down the toilet, put an orange in the freezer, and sleep with a spoon under your pillow?! Just think of all of those snow days we missed out on growing up in Wisconsin and Minnesota because we didn't know the tricks to employ!

We're hoping it will be warm enough to go out and build a snowman this weekend. We ended up with about 10 inches (and the meteorologist says we might be getting more Sunday night into Monday...is it greedy of me to be hoping for another snow day on Monday?!)