Snow Day!

One of the great things about homeschooling is that you can declare a "snow day" whenever you want.  Even if the weather is 80 outside!  We have been wanting to go to the snow all winter, but we were either busy, or the roads weren't clear on our favorite mountaintop.  Thankfully, we've had lots of rain this year, which means lots of snow in the mountains.  I called the ranger station to make sure there was still snow, since it suddenly got hot here.  She said it is melting and there won't be much, but no one had been up there all week.  We decided to risk it, since it is probably our last chance.  We even braved it without the Daddy!  Big brother helped a lot, it's so nice to have big kids now! Going to the snow on a school day is great, we were the only ones up there for an hour, and by the time we left, there were only 6 cars!

Melting!?  Look at the signs!  There is at least 3 or 4 feet here!

Wild things:

At the top of the hill:

Giant snowman that someone else made.  They had already beheaded the poor guy before I stopped them.  So he got a new head:

A sea of purple, at the foot of the mountains!