We visited family in Illinois over the Christmas break, and it snowed while we were there. The kids and I had vacationed in Colorado two summers ago and played in some snow at a mountain pass, so my kids had seen snow before this trip, but they had not experienced snow falling or fresh snow in many years. My older two kids had a couple of good snows ten and eleven years ago, but Big Sister is 12, so she does not remember it aside from seeing herself in photos.
Until I started looking through old photos, I had forgotten about another snow we got six years ago. From what I can recall, it was not “good” snow nor was it very deep, so we did not build a snowman or anything, and I think it warmed up the next day, so it was short-lived. I think my kids forgot about this too because they kept telling me they had not seen snow in years. I guess six years is an eternity to them.
Regardless of how long it had been since my kids experienced snow, they were thrilled to be outside while the snow was falling, and it was fun to watch them play in it. The younger two even built a small snowman.
A couple of nights later, it snowed again. This time it snowed a lot more, and the snow was perfect for snowballs and sledding, which my kids had never experienced before. The next day, we found a local park with a nice sledding hill, but the girls also had fun in the backyard on a snowboard.
I ran in the snow twice while we were in Illinois. It wasn’t my first time to run in snow, but it was definitely the coldest temperature I have ever run in. I was determined not to let the weather keep me from continuing my run streak, so I went prepared for the snow and cold. I really enjoyed running in the snow.
Chronicling Chaos 