Snow Day Memories with my Children

          It was March 4th and yes, there was snow on the ground. Hard to believe right? No, not here in AR. The weather changes all the time. I was at work all day working a double because of us being short-staffed. The children spent the day playing in the snow because that was all we could do.  We took bowls of it inside in the morning and played with it that way. We had our picture taken with a snowman that some of the older kids built. We went out a played in it on our playground until it was time to eat.
            I guess when the snow is in bowls or something you can eat it from it means you eat it espically when you give the children a spoon to play with in it. They didn't quite get the idea of building little things with it but that had fun anyways. There were sprinkles in the snow and they would try and find then and then eat them. They also got to watch it melt in the bowls and on the tables. Some of them even said that they couldn't build anything with it because it kept melting in their hands.
             After naptime, we went out and played in the snow on our playground. The children made snow angels, through snowballs at me, and we tried to build a snowman but I couldn't help because I forgot my gloves so my hands were getting cold fast. I will tell you though that was a prefect moment and it reminded me why I love my job. I got to thinking a little bit when I was getting snowballs thrown at me, "how many of these children actually get to play in the snow like this and enjoy it?" "How many of them really got to feel snow before this?" Now, most of mine did because they knew about snow angels, wanted to build a snowman and knew how to start one, and really knew how to throw snowballs but it really makes you wonder sometimes. It was just so pretty outside itself. The sun was shining and really you could do without a coat on. On of my children did. It made my day, I almost cried out there but that could be because I worked all day too. Who knows? Just a neat and wonderful moment in time. One of the joys of my job and I needed it since I had worked all day. I needed that reminder. Sometimes we all do because we get so caught up in doing everyday things that we really forget the reason we are where we are.
              Before we went to our playground to play, we went a took pictures with a huge snowman, when I say huge I mean 7 feet huge, that the bigger kids took two hours to build. It was spiecal too for me just seeing my children standing beside a huge snowman. Thought going through my head: This might be the first picture for them with a snowman. We have a newborn at my job and we took him out there to get a picture with the snowman and it was so cute it looked fake. Here is this huge snowman, 7 feet tall, and this tiny little newborn laying down on a pillow beside it. Also, one of my children has a family of 6 slibings including him and they are took a picture around the snowman. Of course, I have 6 siblings too so while their picture was getting taken that brought back memories for me too. Family memories. Who knows that might be their last or only picture of the whole family together.
                 The point of this entery is: "Remember to take every moment in because every moment is a Blessing from God, whether at home or work."