The predicted blizzard of 2011 hit Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with a vengeance! Thankfully Cory's office closed because there was NO WAY he would have gotten out of our driveway! Joshua woke up and immediately wanted to play outside (foregoing breakfast even) while Cory began the HUGE task of digging us out. Cory and the other guys who live on the cul-de-sac spent a good 2 1/2 hours clearing driveways and part of the cul-de-sac as the county usually leaves this task as one of the lasts. Joshua played the entire time and even Matthew and I played out there for a long time. We celebrated the achievement of digging out with snow slushies, or at least the kids did! The boys and I also tried out an art project of dipping yarn into cornstarch "glue", filling a cookie cutter with the yarn pieces and then letting it dry- looked better in the magazine, but at least we had fun trying it. After lunch Joshua headed back out into the snowy wonderland and played for another 2 1/2 hours with our neighbor, Clay. Clay, who happens to be a sophomore in high school, spent the afternoon building a fort with Joshua; Clay pretty much earned "rock star" status in Joshua's eyes yesterday afternoon!
Not surprising it was another snow day today so the kids spent more time playing in the huge piles of snow and the snow fort again today!
Joshua was almost as tall as the sign by the fire hydrant in our front yard thanks to a huge pile of snow!
The cul-de-sac crew working together to clear part of the road.
Conquering the mounds of snow in our front yard!
Chillin' out watching everyone work.
Joshua created a little hole for himself to sit in.
Snow slushies!!! Yes, they stayed in their PJs all day!
Dipping the yarn for our art project.
Putting the yarn in the cookie cutters.
Clay and Joshua by the fort they built.
Joshua in the opening of the snow fort.
Clay surveys the fort progress and gives Joshua instructions.
Joshua in the snow fort.
Joshua shares his fort with Matthew and Corrinne on snow day #2!
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