Snow Tunnels

Well, the kids didn't have school for the next FIVE days. No school for a whole week. Now, it is President's Day weekend so they have another 3 days off in a row. That means they are going to have a total of 10 days of no school in a row. They will head back to school Tuesday but another snowstorm is expected Tuesday night so we will see.

During those 5 days, the kids played outside a lot. Jeremy was at work for all 5 days for at least 12 hours a day.  It snowed near daily so the routine began. I shoveled and the piles got bigger and bigger. The kids made bigger and longer sled tracks and tunnels. I tried to get photos of the amounts of snow we had. I think it ended up being about 12 inches??

Whenever we were inside, they liked to fight. Being trapped in the house for more or less 10 days was rough.

We got some big drifts. 

They called this Freedom Mountain. 

Each kid had a big mountain of snow that they built tunnels in. 

Nathan built one tunnel. 

He helped Elizabeth build 2 snow tunnels and then connected them inside! 

They made a sledding hill. 

They would slide down their sledding hill and try to go right through the tunnels. It was pretty fun!