Fabulous First Day of Christmas Break

Today is Malachi's first full day of Christmas break.  It was oh so lovely to not have the mad morning rush out the door.  I do have to say it was quite humorous because right after breakfast Malachi rushed upstairs to get dressed, teeth brushed, and actually had his shoes, coat and gloves on. I found him sitting by the front door waiting for us to drive him to school.  He forgot that he was on break!

He was quite prepared, though, because the rest of us got ready to go outside and enjoy the first snowfall of the year (we had the slightest bit of dusting a few weeks ago, but this actually covered some of the ground and cars.)  I pointed the snow out to Samara and she said, "Yeah! It's my birthday!".  She always assumes that if there's something special going on then it MUST be her birthday ;-) 

All of us enjoyed playing in the snow for about 20 minutes (George attacked the snow as shown in a picture below.)  We came inside and enjoyed hot chocolate with marshmallows (or "coffee" as Samara calls it) and warming up by the fire.  George is quite exhausted from running outside.  What a wonderful way to start our break!