Playing with the kids in the snow

What do you do when you have been cooped up in the house for most of the week and you get hammered with 6-10 inches of snow?

Snowball fight!

I’m taking on the kids tomorrow (technically later today I guess). They might only be 4, but there are two of them and I’m sure their mom will help them cheat.

There are not many better family bonding moments than tossing snowballs at each other.

The kids can not really stay outside for much more than 30 minutes at a time without starting to get wet and cold from the snow. This will work perfect for spending a day with the kids.

We’ll probably play outside in the middle of the morning and then again in the middle of the afternoon which should help break up the boredom inside.

Snow also provides special memories because there just are not that many days with significant snow on the ground. I still remember the night when they were two that we had our first snowball fight. My daughter loved being chased and trying to run through the snow. My son thought it was hysterical every time a snowball hit him on the chest.

If you live in an area buried by snow this weekend, you simply must drag the kids outside and take advantage of it.

If you get bored with building snowmen and snow forts, you can grab a squirt bottle and add water and a little bit of food coloring and then use it to spray the snow. Spray bottles will create really neat splotches and sports drink bottles can be used to write and draw in the snow.