día de nieve

On Wednesday, we had a snow day.  Yes, you read that right...a snow day in Puerto Rico.  But instead of missing school, we brought the snow to school. 

Our wonderful volunteers, the Yoders, received some fake snow (just add water) in the mail from a friend, and they wanted to share it with us.  Since none of our students have ever seen snow, we knew they would love it.

And they did!

The day before the snow day, Betsy warned the students that the news was predicting terrible weather in Puerto Rico for the following day.  She told them it may even snow…and they believed her.  The two oldest boys ran to me and told me they might have to stay home from school on Wednesday because of the weather!

So Wednesday morning came, and there was no snow.  We had lost the older kids; they no longer believed.  But the little ones were still excited at the possibility.  At play time, we pointed at the gray clouds in the sky and assured the kids that they looked just like snow clouds.

Then we gathered in the chapel for story time—The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Next, we went to the library where Casey showed the kids how to make beautiful paper snowflakes.

After that, Stefanie took them outside for a game—a race to see which child could be the first to put on a frozen tee-shirt. 

Finally, the long-awaited moment arrived.  We sent the kids to the chapel where the Yoders stood ready to peg each kid with a snow ball as they opened the door.  It was so much fun!  The kids were sliding around having snowball fights, making snow angels, and even trying to make a snowman.  Even though I wound up with a lot of snow in my eyes, mouth, ears, and pants, I had a blast as well!

After it was all over, we asked the older kids if they finally believed us.  All Kevin had to say was, “Well…”  The big grin across his face told me he meant yes.