Snow Party!

Since were stir crazy and missing our friends, we decided to host a snow party this morning. After all, what else could you do when you have all of this snow everywhere (and what is the worst that could happen - me go into labor?!)?! We invited our "walking" neighborhood friends to come over and play and, when they arrived, they all played outside for quite a while. I know my kids loved having other kids to play in the snow with them! When they were cold and wet and ready to come in, we let them play together inside for quite a while, and they all played together very nicely!
Finally, we moms decided that we were hungry, so I headed outside to scoop up some clean snow for snow cream while they began the lunch fixings inside. We began our mealtime with snow cream (it was a snow party after all!) and then moved on to more traditional lunch foods. Let me just say that the snow cream with several drops of orange extract added was the yummiest thing I have tasted! It was just like an orange creamsicle and was the bowl to empty first (after all, there are no limits on how much snow cream you can eat at a snow party!).
After lunch, we made "magic" snow paintings, drawing with white crayons on white paper and then painting over them with watercolors to see our hidden pictures. It was a hit with everyone!
I hope that we get snow again next year so we can do this again! It certainly makes snow more enjoyable when you can share and celebrate it with your friends!