Snow Day Advice

You know those days in the south when it snows more than 2 inches and everything shuts down? Ever wonder what to do on those days? (Because you know they will turn into DAYS!)

 

Here's what you do. You get out and enjoy it. Bundle everyone up, yourself included, and submerge the family in snow. Sledding, snowboarding, snow fort building, snow man construction. Whatever you can think of to do in the snow, do it. We even played a few games of snow soccer. Fun for the entire family. Plus it's great exercise and tires everyone out. Especially moms.

So once you are over the thrill of snow. And everyone is cold and hopped up on hot chocolate and marshmallows. Here's what you do next: break out the paints. Every kind of paint you own. Finger paint. Tempura. Water colors. Just go ahead and set aside a couple of hours of non stop painting.

 You and the kids will have hours of fun. And hours of clean up as you wipe everything from fingers to window sills and the dogs tail that the two year old insisted should be 'puple'.  Bask in your creativity, or in my case my kids creativity since I have none. Make big messes and take your time cleaning up, but whatever you do, do NOT make these:

These were created by the devil himself. Don't try to tell me otherwise. Ignore the fact they are so easy it took you five minutes to whip them up. Ignore the fact they taste like heaven melting in your mouth. Don't kid yourself that you will just make one more batch to bring to the neighbors. You can't resist these. They have powers beyond your imagination. Think kryptonite. Put down the butter, brown sugar, pecans and almonds and step away. Turn around and run. Run far, far away. Far enough away to burn the zillion calories you just inhaled.

Do yourself a favor. Stick with painting. Just trust me on this one.