Ice on Tree Branch

There seems to be a lot of icy and snowy weather right now, and sometimes that means no school. Get the camera out and make some traditions.  My two youngest kids make one good snowman every year and pose with it.  I hang all these pictures on the wall and they love it.  Last year my mom insisted I enter a few of my photos in the fair, so one of the photos I entered was a tree branch from an ice storm.  My kids love taking nature pictures too. Challenge your kids to take photos that they can enter in their local city or county fair. There are lots of fun things to do when the weather keeps you home for the day.  Ask your kids and see what they would love to do for the day.

If you never have watched  Watch Know Learn Videos click on the link and find all types of weather related videos to watch.  A few are even interactive.  You can even make your own weather videos. Phones now have the capacity to make videos.  If you look at one of my previous blogs on Stop Motion Studio it lets you take it screen-by-screen shots and turn them into a video.  Most phones also have a recording options under the camera icon.  If your kids like to sketch, they can even get out their sketch pad and draw.

Don't forget the hot apple cider or hot chocolate.  Make the best of a day at home with your kids.  If you are lucky like we were last week and get real snow, the type you can sled on lacking that ice that interferes with a good sledding experience.  We have a steep driveway, so we sled during the day and night and it was really fun.

Sledding