This winter has been so fun for us here in Texas. It has been SOOOOOO cold! I know, you're probably thinking, "C'mon, how cold can it actually get in San Antonio?" It has gotten down in the 20s quite a few times! That is really really cold--for anyone! Right??
We even had a Snow Day where school was cancelled! Best. Day. Ever. I forgot how fun random snow days can be! We got some light precipitation and it was in the 20s, so everything had a thin layer on ice on it in the morning.
Technically it wasn't "snow," but still not safe to be out....especially for Texas drivers. The kids got dressed in their winter gear right after they woke up and they explored outside...breaking off pieces of ice, slipping and sliding everywhere they stepped.
We even had the kids sit in a box and slide down our driveway. Ha!
We enjoyed lots of hot cocoa that day and watched movies and played games by the fireplace. It was a great day! (Look at how cozy Eulee is in the picture below!)
Then we had another day when we woke up to graupel on the ground. What is graupel, you ask? It's snow and ice that look like dippin' dots. It is the neatest thing actually.
Unfortunately, it wasn't a snow day. But the kids still got to play with it after school. Evie, on the other hand, enjoyed it all day! She especially liked jumping on it on the trampoline!
After school the kids collected a bunch in a big bucket. They also loved going down the slide that was full of graupel. Lots of fun!
Then Eli's school had their annual "Snow Day" where lots of ice is brought in for kids to play with. Eulee wasn't sure about it all and she lost interest after a little while. But Eli had an awesome time throwing it at his friends.
We have definitely been putting our winter coats, hats and gloves to good use this year!
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