First Snow Day of the Year

A big and almost unexpected snow storm came. We woke up to tons and tons of snow on January 2nd. Esperanza had stayed the night at Tia Eva's house the night before so Ezra got the snow all to himself for the first couple of hours. He was up, in his snow suit and jumping on the snow piled trampoline by 8 am. Then, we got the sled out. Armando pulled Ezra around the snowy property on the sled. After awhile, I called Eva and asked her to bring all the kids over to our place to play in the snow. 

Rafa, Kiko, Ezra and Esperanza played in the snow all day long!! They pulled each other down the snowy driveway hill on the sled several times, walked on the iced over pond (and broke through!), through snow balls, came in to eat/warm up, play some card games, work on a puzzle and headed back out for more. Even Celeste had a little bit of fun in the snow. Mostly, she just wanted to do long division on the chalk wall. 

We even took a stroll to Safeway in the snow.

Evenings With Winnie The Pooh

I read a Winnie the Pooh book (or 2) to Ezra every single night.Tonight Ezra says "Kanga is Kanga and Roo is Roo because they are kanga-roos". Last night he made an observation about Christopher Robin - he never grows up. Ezra's favorite character is Owl (or 'Ol Beak Lips as Tigger and Ezra call him). Ezra and I both decided we need Eeyore to visit our Acre of Nature since he loves thistles and we have more than we can handle. We have a couple dozen Winnie the Pooh books, but he usually has me read the same 2 or 3 over and over and over again. If my mind wanders while reading and I pause or skip a word, he catches it and corrects me. He has these books memorized. We have discussions about the relationships between the characters and are especially interested in Tigger and Rabbits ('Ol Long Ears as Tigger and Ezra call him) relationship. Ezra always wonders about what each characters family is like, and though we've agreed that they are each others family, he still wonders about their moms and dads. These moments at night with Ezra are the best part of my day!