The *S* Word

Kids aren't the only ones that anticipate a Snow Day!  Teacher's love them too! 
Monday was an Inservice Day for teachers.  It was MLK Day so students had the day off.  At the end of the day, our principal called a short meeting.  At the end of said meeting...he said, "Be sure to turn your pajamas inside out, flush ice cubes down the toilet, and put a spoon under your pillow."  Now, this may seem strange to many of you...but we, as educators, understand this!  It is the SNOW DAY RITUAL!  We usually tell our students to do this when there is snow in the forecast...however, they weren't in school that day.  Now we take this seriously, because in middle Tennessee...we don't see much snow....So that night...this is what I did....

I did just what our principal asked us to do....and it got us...NOT 1... NOT 2... NOT 3... but 4 SNOW DAYS!  WHOOP! WHOOP!

But it gets better!  Our superintendent makes everything FUN....so just announcing that there was a SNOW DAY would be too mundane....so he comes up with a cool video for each day that we get off....If you want to know just how cool...then check out these links.....
Dr. Dan's Snow Places
and
It's Cool, There is No School

The latter video was recognized nationwide...not THAT is what's COOL!

That reminds me of a favorite children's author, Lester Laminack...and his Snow Day book...You will have to check it out to see why I love this book so much!

I remember playing in the snow as a kid.  We built snowmen, sledded down our big hill, had snowball fights until we couldn't feel our fingers or toes. 

We would head back inside, pull off all of our wet clothes and drink hot chocolate with marshmallows.  Once we were warmed up, we'd be ready for round two outdoors! 

Now, I still love SNOW and a snow day off from school...but I don't go outdoors as much as I did as a kid or when my boys were young.  Now, I prefer to watch from the window....cuppa coffee or hot chocolate in hand...as my pups run circles round and round the backyard and stop for an occasional bite of snow.  lol 

It was hard to believe, but yes, this first snow of the season that we got this week, ended up with 4 days off from school!!!  Wow!  I've enjoyed the snow from indoors and gotten lots of things accomplished INSIDE !  If you missed my Snow Day Project, you can read it here.

So what do you like the best about Snow?  I'd love to hear all about it!

I'm linking to
PINK SATURDAY
SUNDAYS AT HOME

Warm Winter Blessings

from

Chippy White Cottage.

Hugs,