Snow Day
We actually sent our ten-year-old off to school today -- and then went back to get him after we found out school was closed! The first thing my boys wanted to do was make a snowball for our kitten Snowball. We adopted her from a shelter in September and, as my son, David, put it: "Ever since we got Snowball, I've been waiting to give her a snowball." Snowball of course wasn't quite sure what to make of it. But the boys put it in her water bowl and she sniffed at it, definitely curious.
As for what to do with the boys on a snow day -- different strokes, as it always goes here. The youngest went with his best friend to the Y to shoot hoops. The oldest will probably sleep half the day away. And the middlest, who is never bored, alternates practicing piano and Nintendo. But when they are looking for something to do, we have also come up with a good group activity. We have put together a calendar with the birthdays of everyone in the immediate and extended families along with an address book of everyone's addresses and a really nice box of birthday cards and stamps. The boys enjoy getting the cards ready to go for everyone's special day. If you pencil in the date it needs to be mailed on the front of the envelope, you can get waaaay ahead. Getting started so early, they will even have time to print out and include pictures.