The Parrillo Family

The kids woke up this morning to a total Winter Wonderland.  And the best.news.ever.  A Snow Day!  We were hit with about six inches of heavy, heavy snow (I should know....I had to shovel it!) and that meant that the buses weren't running.  I remember quite fondly snow days when I was a kid.  Felt like a total bonus day.  Our kids couldn't wait to get outside and take it all in.  So, I had them out helping me with the driveway before seven am.  Then, we got them in the backyard so they could have a ball running around (and we could go inside and watch from the warmth).  They got along so well and seemed to genuinely have a ball. I covered a "Snow Day" here on the family blog back in 2013 , but back then it was just Eloise and SD.  Action shot:

February has been - by all accounts - very snowy here in Elmhurst.  With a mostly snow-free winter, we here in the Parrillo house welcomed the white stuff. While Ellie is an old pro ( see snow post from 2 years ago here !), this was SD's first chance to get out and enjoy the powder.  After a bit of acclimation, Sadie learned to like sitting in the snow.  Just took a quick lesson from her sister to show her how tasty snow can be (and soothing on those teeth!). Big thanks to Aunt 'kee-kee for keeping Sadie warm! The snow was pretty good packing snow, so I gave Ellie a hand in building a snowman in the backyard.

Ellie met some of her cousins out on the sled hill at Eldridge Park in South Elmhurst yesterday and could not have had more fun.  I had to literally drag her to the car because she didn't want to leave.  Who knew she was such a speed demon?!?