Fake Snow

The boys have talked about snow every day since Thanksgiving.  At first, I told them that they were not missing anything because there was no snow in Bettendorf anyway.  Then about mid-January, Bettendorf got a nice snowfall.  We were lucky to see it because we skyped with our neighbors, Susan and her girls, and they showed us our house with the snow falling through the window.  It brought tears to my eyes, and got the boys all talking about snow even more. 

A few days later, a package showed up in our mailbox from Susan and girls!  It was awesome and full of fun goodies.  One of the boys' favorite goodies was a bag of fake snow.  It is powder of salt-like consistancy, and when water is added to it, it fluffs up to look and feel like real snow.  The boys had fun playing with it for several hours one afternoon.

This was early in the process, we ended up filling the table with "snow".

Ethan is making it snow. He got the idea from his big brother.

Isaac is making it snow.

Owen loved the snow.  He thought it was cool, and just
kept looking at it in his hands.  He also ate a little bit of it.
Guess, we need a new rule, don't eat yellow or fake
snow.  It even felt a little cool.

The boys are making it snow on Owen.