Usually, Friday mornings around our house are noisy and unhappy because during the school year, Friday is our chore day. On chore day, each of the boys has to clean their room, and the three older boys have a room in the house that they have to clean, too. The three of them rotate between cleaning the Family Room, the Living Room, and their Bathroom. So, on Fridays, the boys are whining about having to do chores or arguing over who's supposed to clean what room or fighting over who gets to play the wii first after chores are done. The entire morning is usually spent this way.
But on this particular Friday morning, they saw the snow. And it was magical--instead of their usual fighting and complaining, they ate breakfast, hurry and did their chores, and got all their outdoor clothes on to go out and play in the snow. They were like different boys that morning! They played outside in the magical white stuff for hours, only coming in to take food and hot cocoa breaks. It was so pleasant for me to not have to listen to all the chaotic noise in the house all morning and afternoon!
When Josh came home after work that afternoon, he helped the boys build a snowman until dinner time, using shovels and a garbage can. It was the perfect kind of snow for building one, and they were all so proud of the man they created together out of the snow!
When I think about that magical day, the words to a song come to my mind.."Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day..." Thank you, snow! Thank you for the peace you brought to my home, and for the fun you brought to my boys!
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