First Snow of the year, just in time for Thanksgiving

There's nothing like the first snowfall of the season (7+ inches to boot) to bring sisters together. If your kids are anything like mine you know they are CONSTANTLY at battle. Snow seems to be the great equalizer in our house, all bundled up and ready to play in 5 minutes. 

I love it when they get a long (I kinda wish there was less shoveling to do though).

Snow Squirters!

Need a quick diversion for bored kids on a snow day? 5 Minute Snow Squirters are the way to go. Grab some 1 liter bottles (or 20 oz works well too, 2 liters are too big and hard to control). You could get fancy here and use a drill, but I'm way to lazy for that, plus if you saw my basement you would know it's impossible find things in there fast. Poke some holes in the cover using a Phillips screwdriver and a hammer. Fill up the bottles with cold water and drop 4 to 6 drops of food coloring in the water. Screw on the cap and give the bottles a swirl.

2 hours of snow fun in just 5 minutes. Rock on recycling!

Winter

There are many things that I love about winter: Snow is beautiful, my oldest daughter LOVES to ski and snowboard and making her happy makes me happy, things always seem quieter in the snow, nighttime feels like sparkly magic when it's snowing. There are alot of things I hate about winter: ITS COLD, ITS COLD, ITS COLD, ITS COLD ITS COLD.