One Mom's Journey...: A Snow Day For All of Us!

Our backyard this morning (and it snowed all day)

Ahhhhh...another snow day. I don't know who's more excited, the boys or us. Not only was school cancelled for them (and the entire Denver Metro area), but the University campus is closed, so no class for me tonight either! Husband is blessed to have a job that allows him to work from home on days like this, so we are all hunkered down together enjoying a quiet and relaxing day, which started with biscuits and gravy...yum! (In the spirit of full disclosure, I must say that Kirby, who LOVES my biscuits and gravy, did not appreciate the whole wheat biscuits I made and served today - I couldn't help it, I was out of white flour!)

You know something else that makes this day even more grand? There are no sports on TV in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week. Yes, I know the World Series will be back on this evening, but until then, I'm enjoying a house without that ambient hum that a TV makes. I'm listening to Brahms' Requiem, drinking tea from my recliner, and I can hear the boys right outside the window making a snow something-or-other with their dad. Can you tell how content I feel? I'll bet a lot of people are enjoying this day for the same reasons as me.

The Snow Builders

Now, I am going back to shopping online for Christmas gifts and for the more immediate future, snow gear for the boys. It's really ridiculous what they're outfitted in right now, and Kirby is being an absolute trooper, given the fact that he's outside in wind pants and snow boots that are too big. I know he's soaking wet, but he's grinning and bearing it. Connor is jammed into an old, too-small outfit that our friend loaned us, looking much like Ralphie's little brother in A Christmas Story. By the way, you haven't fully lived until you've put a snowsuit on a child with sensory issues. It was a more than 30 minute process. I'm not kidding.

I'll close with these photos of my favorite guys having some fun in the snow. As I watched out the window, I decided that it's not possible to be more in love with someone than I am with my husband as I watch him playing with our boys. They are so lucky to have a dad like him, and I am so lucky to have all of them.