Snow!

It had already started snowing when I went to bed last night and it was (still?) snowing when I got up this morning.  I wasn't surprised that M was keen to get outside (I was much more surprised that she wrote a Christmas thank you email first!).  K joined her for a while, but M was busy using pretty much all the available snow in the garden (it had settled well on the lawn which is very small, but not on the path or patio) to make not one, but two snowmen.

M's Snowmen: Bob and Bobina

I was very much in two minds whether to attempt the drive over to Asfordby for the first group of the year, but in the end went for it and it wasn't too bad on the way and was completely fine on the way back.  While there K & M both enjoyed the box modelling, which was the planned activity, but M in particular preferred the snowball fights with the dads who were there.  K joined in a bit I think, but it's not really her thing and she struggled with other children not taking her seriously when she said she wasn't playing.

Then it was back home for hot chocolate and some more Harry Potter.  While at Asfordby K & M discovered the perils of reading popular books later than a lot of their friends, as they now know that a particular character dies, which they didn't before.  It's a tricky tightrope to walk, giving them enough reassurance that most of the main goodies will be alright, without giving away too much.  Ho hum!

It's now very quiet here, as it's also the first Brownies back after Christmas too.  I spent quite a long time sewing badges on to sashes yesterday evening, as K had two new badges and M made her promise just before Christmas, so had the three badges (county, pack & six) plus one that she'd worked towards before she made her promise.  So of course having done that neither K nor M wore their sash!