ROAR!

march definitely came in like a lion at our house! we are in the middle of quite a snow storm.
another of our nice neighbors came to snow blow our driveway today so i sent the boys over to thank him with some fresh chocolate chip cookies. this was all it took for the boys to decide they wanted to brave the storm and get in a little outside play time. they were out front for a very short time and then i didn't see them for a bit. there weren't foot prints in the back. and they weren't out playing with ellie, their dog friend, on the side. SO ... i decided i should put on my boots just to check where they were. (and of course took my camera with me). well they were hiding behind this snow drift. HOWEVER ... they had both lost their boots in it because of how deep it was. SO ... being the smart kids that they are, they were waiting for me to come rescue them! now, ben was not too difficult to rescue. he is still pretty small and i can carry him without too much work. but, drew is half my size. and the snow was up to my thighs. so there was no way i was "rescuing" him by carrying him out. it took much convincing, but i FINALLY got him to, in his socks, follow quickly in my boot prints and then to hop on my back once we got to the driveway. at that point i finished my rescue mission and rescued the boots that were seriously lodged into this mound that would've been up to at least my waist had i sunk in.
i came inside to find both of the boys up on drew's bunk laying next to each other warming up and talking about how they thought they were going to be stuck out there all day.
i have since told them that should they ever be on another dangerous mission and find themselves caught in the snow it is smarter to run inside in socks than to wait for a rescuer - because the rescuer may not be aware of the mission and toes freeze quickly.