None of us were expecting the amount of snow that we got this weekend. It was pretty crazy, watching it fall for what seemed like a full 24 hours. Here in Richmond, we don't see much snow. Until now. I must say that some of the finer points of being snowed in are having Daddy home. He is off from school tomorrow due to the icy road conditions. We have also really enjoyed baking yummy treats, and making soups to keep warm. I'm pretty sure between the three of us we have gone through a whole can of hot chocolate mix, too. However, trying to keep Camri happy inside for days at a time hasn't been an easy task. We played play dough, watched movies, read books, made tasty treats, and played with toys for the first part of the day. But, she became restless. I had this idea that I would take some ( Uh, about six bags!) of beans and put them in a Tupperware and give her measuring cups. I thought this was a brilliant idea of course, and so did she. I guess I had envisioned her playing with the beans in the Tupperware... but as you can see that was not the case. I hate those beans now. I would not recommend this as a form of play unless you have the patience to pick up ten thousand beans per play session. Bad,bad, BAD idea! But, as you can see Camri thought it was loads of fun. Too bad picking them up wasn't her idea of a good time. I'm going to hide the beans.
It snowed all day on Saturday, so we didn't go out, but I kept telling her that we would go play in the snow tomorrow. Steve went outside to shovel some snow off our car, and when he came back in and put his hat and gloves down this is the sight we found a few minutes later. She had put them on all by herself and announced that she was "ready to go play in the snow"! I told her that it was too dark and cold tonight but promised to take her out the following day. She was so excited she could hardly wait. We love this little girl!
All bundled up, ready for our first real excursion in the snow!
Even though she had a hard time walking through the snow, she had so much fun. She was practically blue from being cold, and she still didn't want to go in. I had to bribe her with hot chocolate before she would relent and come inside.
Daddy and Cammers walking in the snow.
Saying "Hi" to Daddy
Camri and Mommy, tromping around in the snow. She kept eating the snow, and would say, "look Mommy, I'm eating snowmen!" Apparently, all snow will end up as a snowman. I love this kid!
Daddy showing her how to make snow angels.
Of course, she had to try one for herself!
It's all fun and games until she gets snow on her face... She was done laying in the snow after that. Below is a video of our first few minutes in the snow. She loved it! Even just stepping in it was fun for her.
