Snow Day Memories

Today is a snow day for most schools in the area. I was telling a friend that SAHMs don't really get a snow day, but then realized in some ways, everyday is a snow day. You know, getting to stay in your pajama's all day, hot chocolate, naps... Okay, it's not always thatglamorous, but it does have it's perks, no?

This snow day reminded me of snow days when I was a kid. My hope is that someday I can make Mason's snow days as special as my mom made ours.

Some favorite snow day memories include:

• Getting to drink hot chocolate from my favorite mug with lots of marshmallows! My mom would refer to marshmallows as snowman poop and we thought it was the coolest thing ever!
• "Playing school" with my sister. Even though it was a snow day, my sister and I would hold our own school day playing teacher. My mom would even pretend to be a cafeteria lady and make a school type lunch (usually grilled cheese and tomato soup). She usually drew the line at wearing a hair net.
• Getting all bundled up to go outside. We would play outside as long as our little bladders would let us! I remember several times rushing inside and barely making it, because that snow suit took so much time to undo, especially with frozen little hands. Let's just say, it's a good thing snow suits are waterproof.
• Making cookies... Mom always said snow days were God's way of telling us it was time to bake cookies. She made a fabulous peanut butter cookie or dishpan cookies. Note to self: get stuff to make dishpan cookies to have on hand for the next snow day.
• Getting to watch daytime tv. My parents usually limited our tv time, but I think on snow days my mom was probably just desperate to get us to be quite and to not bug her every 3 minutes.

Part of me dreads Mason being old enough to dress up and take outside in the snow. The other part of me is so excited to see his sweet little face when he gets all excited that it's snowing. To ask him what kind of cookies he wants to make. To give him his cup of hot chocolate and snowman poop in his favorite mug.