So we have had a nice number of snow days this year that have been spread out. The nice thing is that it gives me a chance to shovel the driveway.

The most important thing about a snow day is to start out with a great breakfast. The last snow day we made blueberry muffins. This morning I made myself a Triple shot of expresso with some vaguely frothed chocolate soy-milk while Bridgit and Eli were still sleeping. By the time they got up around 7:45am I had cherry almond pancakes going. Diagnosis: delicious.

I try to blend to goals on a snowday: get caught up on stuff and do fun stuff. I don't want to offend the snowy part of God by wasting a snow day exclusively on one or the other. I feel that it is a chance to get caught up on household chores, but that we also need to do something fun that we wouldn't have done if it wasn't a snow day. XC Skiing is one of our favorites.