Its winter in New England and that means “snow days.”
We’ve had a bunch of them already this Winter. The first one was a big time “oops,” as the predicted snowfall amounts never materialized. We weren’t jackpot winners for accumulation today either, but we got about 8″ which is easily enough for the school to justify the closing for the day.
For me, it was a day of chores. Laundry, dishes, vacuuming, meals all had to be dealt with. The big one, of course, was plowing the driveway, which took me a couple hours. It didn’t help that the plow broke down half-way through. The idler pulley for the auger jumped its pulley, so I had to break it open to take care of that. Thankfully, it was a one time event. Turns out that being handy is a good quality in an SAHD.
As for the kids, the hardest part of their day was the hour or so I had them practice math and do some reading. The boy, particularly, was annoyed because I had him practice multi-digit multiplication and long division. He hasn’t quite mastered the algorithms for solving those problems, so he brings the drama until I help him remember how to do them. The lass groused about her math practice, but ultimately relented.
Aside from that, there was outside in the snow, board games, wrestling and DS time. Along the way they had a bit to eat and they might have even done a chore or two. Their day ended with some Olympic action, watching womens sledding. I mean skeleton.
Right now, it’s raining out. It’s supposed to change back to snow a bit later. Whether that means tomorrow will be another snow day remains to be seen.