The Snow Bowler

Last night with snow in the forecast, Finley Dan and I headed out to the Agannis Arena downtown to see a BU hockey game with some company seats from Dan's office.  The driving was slow at times, but we made it in time to snap a photo before the BU team took the ice to play Bentley.

The game was fun and Finley even high fived a mascot, the BU terrier.  This was shocking since Finley is 100% afraid of costumed people, but when the mascot pretended to cry since Finley didn't want to give him a high five, Finley said, "Oh alright, I'll do it!" He is a compassionate guy, afterall :)  We had left Dagny home with a neighborhood sitter, so during the third period - we headed home in the snow.  It was a painfully slow and somewhat slippery ride, but Dan was an expert driver and we made it home in just under an hour.  Finley was totally exhausted and so Dan put him to bed while I chatted with the sitter and sent her on her snowy way.

It snowed all night, while all of us (yes, all four of us) slept peacefully. The kids were super excited to see the snow covering all they could see when they woke up.  Dan occupied them in the basement while I cooked up enough waffles for breakfast and some to freeze.  Finley had barely finished his first waffle when he told us that he was ready to go out and shovel.  It seemed to take forever to get all four of us dressed for the snow, but Dagny won the prize for being ready first and not asking to go to the bathroom right after.

Finley was a close second.

They were quite a bundled pair!

Since Dagny was an infant this time last year, we are counting this as her first real snow experience. We got outside and she showed her naivety in terms of snow -- as she didn't want a shovel and preferred a broom. 

 The kids moved some snow around near the garage but Dagny wasn't too excited to be walking around in it and Finley wasn't thrilled that Dan was firing up the loud snowblower.  So Plan B: put Dagny in the baby sled and tow her down to the mailbox with Finley trudging along beside us.

We put the mail behind Dagny in her sled and then made our way over to our nearest fire hydrant to dig it out, our civic duty.

Oh, we also saw rabbit and chipmunk tracks in the snow, which fascinated Finley.  We then made it back up the driveway where Dan had snowblowed us a path, but both kids were pretty much done being outside.  Sigh.  I took them in and Dan finished snowblowing.  Dagny LOVED watching Dan and the "bowler" through the window, she kept asking me "bowler all done?" "Daddy do bowler?" "Where bowler go?"  Yes, bowler instead of blower.  Pretty cute.  I made some warm (not hot) chocolate for the kids while they watched the snowblower and slow moving cars pass by.  Dagny was an expert at scooping out her marshmallows and then drank most of the cocoa through a straw.  Hooray for Ovaltine!

Finley, on the other hand, did great dropping in and scooping out his marshmallows but wanted nothing to do with drinking the cocoa itself.  

Then, Dan came back in to tell Finley he was done snowblowing and the boys suited back up for more shoveling.  Finley was a champ "helping" Dan tidy up the driveway, front walk, and stairs.  Plus, he hung out on the driveway while Dan used the roof rake.  They came in for lunch and while Finley was disappointed that the snow wasn't a good consistency for snowman building, he had had a blast outside with his dad.

Nice to have all this snow on a weekend so we can enjoy it, clear it away, and then take naps!