Snow Day

In case you didn't know, teachers hope for snow days just as much as the students do! School has been a bit of a bummer lately so last night I went to bed crossing my fingers for a snow day, and was up watching the cancellations roll by on the screen at 5am, looking for my district.

Finally, after an hour (of course after I had showered and pretty much got myself ready to walk out the door) I got the good news that we were off today. Bad mom alert: I was planning to send Laura to daycare so I could get a bunch of school and Christmas stuff done at home alone, and looking forward to a day of accomplishing things. Dad pointed out that perhaps there's no daycare when school is canceled. Upon calling, I found out that none of the other kids were coming in that day, so I agreed to keep Laura at home with me. Daddy even decided to skip the drive and work from home, so our whole family was home together.

I was so glad she ended up at home with us! We had one of the best days we've had in a long time. Laura was such a good girl; she was in a very cheerful mood and did an excellent job of playing today. I even took care of some things like laundry and correcting quizzes, and Laura managed to take two (albeit short) naps. I taught her that on snow days it's ok to hang around in your jammies however long you like.

She also learned that on snow days you just hang out and do fun things like reading, watching tv shows, baking, taking naps...whoops, that's what mama liked to do on snow days back in the P.L. (pre-Laura) Days. She learned that you can hang out and do fun things like playing with a bunch of your toys all at once.

We were so happy and I will have a really nice memory of our first snow day together - may there be many more!