Snow Day #1 (Optimistic that we'll have more )

So the wonderful Nebraska Winter arrives over the weekend.  It comes in with enough force that they make the decision to close school for Monday on Sunday afternoon.   This rarely happens so we know it's not gonna be good out there.
My hubby get the snow cleared by 7:30 am and the first kids arrive by 8.  I'm never really sure WHO will be able to make it so I had to be prepared for anything.
So fast forward to mid morning and we had 17 kids for lunch.  By this time the wind had come up (from out of the North) and it was getting  colder.  It was not a typical snow day that's portrayed on TV where the kids get out their sleds and play in it. We are stuck inside!
From experience over Christmas vacation, we know nap or movie time isn't gonna fly.  We allow them to choose their own activities as long as they are sitting somewhat quietly.  Soon the DS's come out, computers go on and the play dough comes out.  I sneak into the kitchen to throw together Puppy Chow for snack.

Little Red wanders in and asks to help.  She is full of questions since she's never seen it made before.  When this is finished we decide to make some Chocolate chip cookies too.  We no sooner start and we are joined by 3 other friends.  They each add ingredients and get a chance to hold the mixer.  Little Red and  "N" each crack and egg.  Except for a small shell, this task was done flawlessly.  All the ingredients were added. Now comes the fun part--Adding the Chocolate Chips!!  Luckily we were ready for them before the kids had snitched the whole bag!
Each of the four rolled the dough into little balls (yes, we did hand washing before this).  The cookies were soon baked and a big hit at snack.

This is the kind of snow day I remember as a kid.  Warming up the house by baking something.  The afternoon flew by much faster than I anticipated.
Over all we had a good day.  Kinda hope we have another one tomorrow--just not sure what we'll make.